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Life sciences industry calls for better funding for medicine and technology regulator
31 January 2023 - The life sciences, health and medicine sectors have come together to call for improved funding of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2021
Funding hole makes cracking COVID-19 vaccine code a tougher ask
4 November 2021 - Australia has the expertise to crack the code in the biggest challenge facing the COVID-19 vaccination ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2020
Rush to raise funds for large COVID-19 drug trial in Australian hospitals
23 March 2020 - Australian researchers behind a new clinical trial of two drugs to treat COVID-19 are desperate to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2020
Medicines Australia welcomes Government’s COVID-19 package
18 March 2020 - Medicines Australia welcomes the $2.4 billion COVID-19 health package announced by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2020
Australia's biotech innovations heading offshore, prompting calls for greater funding to bring them to market
11 February 2020 - The demand on the health sector has never been more evident, as the world scrambles to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2019
Progressing the long-term plan for stem cell research
2 October 2019 - This is the next step in the $150 million Stem Cell Therapies Mission, helping world-class Australian researchers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2019
Clinical trials to combat reproductive cancers
9 September 2019 - The Australian Government is investing up to $15 million in targeted clinical trials to improve treatments and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2019
$32 million available to support vital translational health
5 September 2019 - The Australian Government is opening the door for Australian researchers through a $32 million investment that will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2018
Federal budget 2018: $1.3 billion plan to make Australia a medical technology leader
8 May 2018 - The Coalition has taken up calls for genetic and precision medicine innovations, announcing a new $1.3 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2018
Medical research caught in cross-fire of R&D tax overhaul
9 April 2018 - Industry commercialising medical research caught in cross-fire of R&D tax overhaul. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2018
Better support for patients with low survival cancers and diseases
9 March 2018 - The Australian Government is calling for applications from the country’s best and brightest researchers to help find ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2018
Cancer research funding has an inherent bias that often excludes rare cancers, expert says
3 February 2018 - The biggest investor in cancer research in Australia needs to address an "inherent bias" in how ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2017
Investing $5.9 million to tackle antimicrobial resistance
26 May 2017 - The Australian Government will invest $5.9 million from the Medical Research Future Fund to help tackle the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2017
Medical research reforms to improve our future health
25 May 2017 - The Australian Government provides more than $800 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council each ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2017
Strength in clinical trials set to grow with funding boost
25 May 2017 - Australia’s world-class clinical trial capabilities are set to grow, with a $33 million funding boost announced ...