THE NSW Government has announced the approval of a $99 million redevelopment of the Children’s Medical Research Institute at Westmead Hospital.
06/10/2009
A new $19.6 million medical research centre has just opened in Brisbane. The Health and Medical Research Centre at the Wesley Research Institute will allow opportunities for scientists and clinicians to work together, said Premier Anna Bligh.
23/10/2009
MORE than two million Australians living with osteoporosis1 are set to benefit from the first once-a-month osteoporosis therapy, after it was today listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
01/07/2009
THE HEART Research Institute’s new state-of-the-art facility in Sydney's inner-west is set to be opened by the Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce on Tuesday.
28/09/2009
A WORLD-first technique has been developed by Australian scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) and St. Vincent’s Hospital (SVH) which will almost double the life of donor hearts being transported for transplant surgery.
08/10/2009
QMI Solutions, in partnership with AMTIL and other industry partners, is hosting a four hour workshop demonstrating the application of advanced manufacturing technologies for the medical industry.
24/11/2009
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug, PHA-848125AC, specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.
17/12/2009
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has launched a national portal focusing on clinical practice guidelines.
11/03/2010
BAYER HealthCare and Tsinghua University, Beijing, have signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement to enter into a strategic partnership
19/03/2009
RESEARCHERS from the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel have used water to create almost frictionless lubricated surfaces, which stay slippery even under heavy loads.
30/03/2009
The Australian Government has announced AUD$7 million towards 19 health and medical research projects through the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council Development Grants.
03/02/2010
RESEARCHERS at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) developing an ultrasound device which will assist the fight against bone disorders.
19/02/2009
RESEARCH and Markets has announced the availability of its new ‘Global Medical Imaging Equipment Market 2008-2012’ report.
26/06/2009
The Australian Government has allocated a share of $108m to 15 medical research teams across the country.
10/02/2009
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam have designed polymer spheres with a sugar coating on the outside and plastic coating on the inside giving them dual functionality to target and deliver drugs.
19/03/2009
Sydney researchers at the ANZAC Research Institute have found the cause of a disorder causing degeneration of motor nerves that leads to severe muscle wasting in the limbs.
24/02/2010
THE NATURAL Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR) has announced Olympus' continuing commitment to funding research in an emerging minimally invasive transdisciplinary therapy known as Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery.
24/07/2009
INVITROGEN has received the AmeriStar Package Award from the Institute of Packaging Professionals for its Gibco cell culture bottle.
03/03/2009
INDIANA University, Purdue University and Indianapolis's School of Liberal Arts and a Regenstrief Institute research scientist’s have completed a study which shows home health telemonitoring results in significantly fewer deaths.
16/03/2009
Second-round grants under the Medical Devices Financial Incentive Program have been awarded to four companies developing medical devices that improve patient safety and comfort. The funding is to enable local companies to have their innovative devices clinically assessed and trialled.
23/10/2009