Tag: Cochlear

UK watchdog blocks Cochlear’s rival buy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The UK competition regulator has knocked back Cochlear’s full takeover of a major rival but will allow the Australian company to buy part of the business. However, the local...

Cochlear’s acquisition of rival hits UK roadblock

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Cochlear’s plan to buy up a Danish rival has hit another roadblock, with the UK competition regulator joining its Australian counterpart in opposing the deal, warning it would stymy...

ACCC flags challenge to Cochlear buy on innovation grounds

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The competition regulator is warning Coclear’s plan to buy its closest competitor will lessen competition and innovation in “the already highly concentrated” hearing device market. The scrutiny comes as...

Mystery govt support for Cochlear’s local expansion

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government will give a multi-million-dollar tax break and infrastructure subsidy to Australian giant Cochlear to expand its 40-year-old Sydney manufacturing facilities. The state government claims...

Three steps to better research commercialisation

Posted on   |  by Jared Mondschein, Rajat Roy, Vik Naidoo
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge’s push for better engagement between universities and industry signals renewed ambition and dynamism among higher education policymakers. Research commercialisation is being pitched as the way to...

NextSense joins Macquarie University hearing hub

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The recently rebranded Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children will relocate to a new $74 million Centre of Excellence in Macquarie University, already home to the Australian Hearing...

Celebrate success to drive innovation ambition: Simmons

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Quantum physicist and 2018 Australian of the Year Michelle Simmons has warned of a ‘cultural insecurity’ in Australia about creating companies, stemming from a lack of awareness and pride...

End R&D tax ‘tinkering’: Cochlear

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CFO of billion-dollar Australian firm Cochlear has urged the federal government to stop “tinkering” with the research and development tax incentive. A public hearing for the senate inquiry...