Tag: biotech

Vaxxas granted licence to develop new needle-free vaccine

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Brisbane-based vaccine patch company Vaxxas is developing the first room temperature-stable needleless vaccine for one of the world’s most common cold-like diseases, weeks after launching efforts to raise $100...

MTPConnect secures $28.5m for MedTech accelerator

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $28.5 million commercialisation boost will soon be available to MedTechs fighting heart disease and diabetes under the latest round of a Medical Research Future Fund program. The second...

La Trobe Uni opens $8m BioTech and AgriTech innovation hub

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new BioTech hub located at La Trobe University’s Melbourne campus has launched, offering world-class wet lab facilities to early-stage companies looking to commercialise their research. The $8 million...

Synthetic tissue BioTech completes pre-seed capital raise

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Brisbane-based startup Gelomics, which technology to support the cultivation of synthetic tissue, has completed a $2.2 million pre-seed capital raise with the support of local investors, including the state-owned...

Incubator opens $50m funding round to focus the mind

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A national BioTech incubator backed by the Medical Research Future Fund has launched its first funding round for innovative health technologies that promise to improve the lives of people...

$65m biotech incubator names first 16 residents

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A wearable “lab-on-a-chip” solution for hormone monitoring, a gum disease vaccine and technology for creating 3D models of human brain tissue are among the ideas that have piqued the...

Australia’s path to disrupting global BioTech and MedTech

Posted on   |  by Dr Denis Bauer
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has ranked Australia 23rd in its list of innovative countries, but also shows that despite our secure and stable political environment...