Tag: biotech

CSL-backed biotech startup incubator launches

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new biotech incubator backed by $65 million in industry and government investment has launched, offering innovative Australian startups access to a wet lab space and other facilities in...

Biotech success starts with a precinct approach

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Australia’s commercialisation woes have plagued the country for decades now.  Despite having world-leading research and tech entrepreneurs ready to bring it to the world, Australia has traditionally struggled to...

BioTech incubator awards $12m in grants

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Grants worth $12 million have been awarded through the federally-funded BioTech incubator CUREator to 19 projects across Australia. In the second round of funding, announced on Wednesday, $6 million...

Australia should be regional tech leader: Singapore

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia should lead Southeast Asia in pushing for green, bio and digital technology uptake as the international environment becomes increasingly multipolar, according to Singapore’s Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan....

Blood BioTech Aegros to build $352m manufacturing hub in Qld

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $352 million manufacturing facility for therapeutic plasma products will be established in Queensland by local biopharmaceuticals company Aegros, which will also base its global headquarters in the state....

Forrest’s Tattarang launches $250m HealthTech VC firm

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia has a brand new HealthTech and BioTech venture capital outfit called Tenmile and backed with $250 million in capital from Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s investment group Tattarang. Based...

BioTech incubator lands $3m in CSIRO support

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s national science agency has committed $3 million to support Melbourne-based BioTech incubator CUREator and to launch a new health security stream through the program. CUREator’s new health security...

Qld pledges $35.5m for vaccine manufacturing facility

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
More than $35 million will go towards a Queensland vaccine manufacturing facility as part of the state budget next week. The funds will support the development of a translational...

Aussie BioTech mission descends on US market

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s BioTech delegation will return in-person to the world’s largest annual BioTech conference next week for the first time in three years. The Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO) International Convention...