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Jan 16, 2011
Summer Catch-Up Edition: 

Phylogica In $136m Pfizer Collaboration; Pharmaxis Euro Approval Delayed Up To Three Months; Fluorotechnics Sells German Assets For $196k; NZ Approves 2 Low-Dose Living Cell Diabetes Trial Patients; SBC Research Questions Fermiscan ‘Errors And Omissions’; Atcor $US250k Diabetes Contract; Neopec Appoints Directors Dr Crees, Dr Roger, Dr Thorburn; Atcor $1.3m Supply Deal; Fluorotechnics Places $210k, Notes Raise $500k, Board Changes; Solagran Claims Ropren Reduces Liver Fibrosis In 4 Weeks; Optiscan, Zeiss Expand Collaboration; Novogen, Marshall Edwards Complete $US4m Asset Sale; IDT Profit Guidance Up To $1.2m; Xceed Sells Boron For $1.5m; USCOM Cashed Up, New Board, Share Plan; Life Sciences Queensland Committee; Ausbiotech Appoints Dr Greg Roger Director; Select Vaccines Raises $500k; Compumedics' $1.3m China Contract; Tacere Pays Benitec $158k; Cephalon Takes 12% Of Mesoblast; Healthlinx Loses Director Stephen Copulos; Fermiscan Claims Agreement For Breast Cancer Trials; Reva Closes Up 14% At $1.25; China Pays Agenix Last $2.8m; FDA Rejects Psivida’s Iluvien For DME; Healthlinx’s Springtree, Placement EGM; Heartware Applies For Heart Pump FDA Pre-Market Approval; Living Cell $5.75m Springtree Facility; Genetic Technologies Licences Non-Coding DNA To Qiagen; Prana Loses Director Paul Marks; Chemgenex EGM For 4.6m CEO Greg Collier Options; Chemgenex T315i Euro Application Replaced, Delayed; Dr Burwood Chew Replaces Sirtex’s Dr Marius Van Den Berg; Genera Undisclosed Milestone Payment From Unnamed Partner; Select Appoints Gary Seabrooke, Cherie Leeden Directors; Calzada’s Polynovo Wins $400k Novosorb Study Extension; Prima Closes Springtree Equity Draw Down Facility; Xceed Votes On Boron Sale; Canada Licences Stirling Plant; Mesoblast: ‘Revascor Reduces Cardiac Events, Mortality’; Cathrx Appoints NY’s Oppenheimer For Advice; CEO Lusia Guthrie Takes 5% Of LBT; Viralytics: Article Backs Cavatak Combination Cancer Therapy; Acrux, Elanco Animal Product Application Delay; Phylogica Collaborates With Xl-Protein; Circadian, Chugai Deal On VEGF-D; USCOM Appoints Distributors
 
Jan 3, 2011
Special Edition 
2010: BDI-20 Up 34%, S&P ASX200 Down 2.6%; Mesoblast Up 518%, Tissue Therapies Up 355%
Dec 17, 2010
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Dec 15, 2010
Early Look Shows Healthlinx Ovplex Beats CA-125 Alone; Patrys Approved For Higher Dose In PAT-SM6 Melanoma Trial; FDA Guides Pharmaxis On Bronchitol For Cystic Fibrosis NDA; Tyrian Underwritten Rights Issue Raises $3.98m; LBT Expects Increased Loss For H1, 2010; Circadian Companies Increase, Diluted To 17% In Antisense
Dec 14, 2010
Heartware Details $144m Notes Raising, Share Sales; CBio Places $4.22m Shortfall Shares; Patrys Share Plan Raises $505k; Chairman Bill Mobbs Takes 18.5% Of ITL; Solagran Requests Capital Raising Trading Halt; Stirling Hopes To Raise Up To $6m
Dec 13, 2010
NICTA Develops Smart-Chip For Pain; Committee Backs Pharmaxis Bronchitol For Cystic Fibrosis; Avexa Renaissance Roadshow; Evado Trial Software In Chinese, Taiwan Distributor; European Hepatitis C Patent For Benitec; Actinogen Rights Issue Raises $525k Of Hoped-For $3.2m; Psivida Dissent On Directors’ Options, Re-Election; Robert, Susan Martin Take 12% Of Acuvax; Solagran Cuts Price, Sells 84 Courses, Earns $42k In November
Dec 10, 2010
Living Cell Wins Russian Diabecell Market Approval; Heartware To Raise Up To $117m, Share Sales; CM Capital Takes 27% Of Sunshine Heart; Founder Dr Bruce Gray Lightens 3% In Sirtex; Platypus Capital Takes 11% Of Sirtex; Cellmid Director Koichiro Koike Resigns, Remains Consultant; Stirling Requests ‘$5-6m Capital Raising’ Trading Halt
Dec 9, 2010
YM Biosciences: Anaemia Responses For (CYTOPIA’S) CYT387; FDA Committee Backs Orexigen’s Obesity Drug; Eli Lilly Pays Acrux $88m Milestone; Federal Government $23m For Mental Health CRC; Nusep Share Plan To Raise $1m; Uscom Releases 2m Escrow Shares
Dec 8, 2010
Dec 7, 2010
CSL Details R&D Program, Increased Spending; Australian Phenomics Network Launches Micro-RNA Platform; Pharmaxis Starts ASM8 Phase II Trial For Allergic Asthma; Anteo Pleads Schultz To 37% Share Price Rise, ASX Mistaken; Compumedics System In $303k Atherosclerosis Sleep Study; Antisense Rights Issue Raises $2.4m
Dec 6, 2010
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Nov 30, 2010
WEHI Says Mature Blood Cells Influence Stem Cell 'Parents'; Broadvector Withdraws $8.5m IPO; Canada's Bioniche In $31m ASX Listing; Federal $21m For University Of Melbourne Stem Cell Research; Genetic Technologies Settles Du Pont Pioneer DNA Dispute; Select Reduces To 5.1% Of Circadian; Anteo Dissent On Options, Director Laura Iacusso; Healthlinx Appoints Dr John Chiplin Director; Avexa Appoints Allan Tan Director, Lee Mitchell Company Sec
 
 
Nov 29, 2010
Biotech Daily Editorial: Shareholder Voting, Again; Impedimed, Stanford Collaborate On Patient Registry; Universal Biosensors Unveils Blood Clot Meter As 2nd  Diagnostic; Nusep Raises $1.9m For Singapore Blood Business; Orbis Takes Profit On 1.7m Acrux Shares; Mesoblast Dissent On Remuneration, Options, Director Goes; Chemgenex Dissent On Remuneration, Options; Dr Dillon Fails In Bid For ITL Board; UBS AG Quits Acuvax Substantial 
Nov 26, 2010
Bionomics Appointments To Resist Start-Up Fire Sale; Federal Opposition: 'Don't Blame Us For Tax Credit Delay'; Pharmaust's Epichem Drugs Active For Chagas Disease In Mice; Impedimed L-Dex Could Save $US2bn In 5 Years; Agenix 1-For-13.66 Rights Issue Raises $486k; Serious Opposition On Shares At Agenix AGM; Significant Opposition To Prima Director Options; Significant Opposition To All CBio AGM Resolutions; Bioprospect Upset Over Solagran AGM Comments
Nov 25, 2010
Victorian Election A Lay-Down Misere For Biotech; Senator Carr Blames Coalition For R&D Tax Credit Delay; Patrys $765k German Grants, Changes $15m Equity Draw-Down; Biotron Claims Independent Validation Of HIV Program; Eastland v Sims Case Closed, Wellcomes African Study; Nusep's Singapharm Stake In $1bn Asian Plasma Market; Alchemia Dissent On Executive Plan, Chairman Mel Bridges; Anteo Pleads Schultz To ASX 25.5% Price Query; Clinuvel Completes 10-For-1 Consolidation; CBio Loses Director Dr Dennis Feeney; Federal Court Adjourns Gun Capital v Solamind Case
 

Nov 24, 2010
FDA Acrux Testosterone Approval Reaps $89m Milestone; Bioguide Brief: Acrux Joins The Revenue-Positive Rare Breeds; Avexa Meets FDA In 2011; Loses CFO Stephen Kerr; Pittsburgh's Magee Women's Adopts Impedimed's L-Dex Test; Novogen's Glycotex Receives $251k Obamacare Tax Credit; Impedimed AGM Dissent Over CEO Options, US Plan; Calzada Appoints Dr Stewart Washer CEO; CSIRO Malcolm McIntosh Lecture Unlocks Alzheimer's; Macfarlane Burnet 50th Oration On Immunological Tolerance

Nov 23, 2010
Federal Government Farewells Prof Frank Fenner; No Guarantees For Federal R&D Tax Credit Bill; Correction: Novogen's Marshall Edwards; Eastland Doses First Patients In Paediatric Malaria Trial; Genetic Technologies Licence To Laboratoires Reunis; Agenix Pleased With Raising $479k Of Hoped-For $1.2m; Helicon EGM To Acquire Leading Edge; Aquacarotene Becomes Leaf Energy, Directors Elected; Calzada Loses Director George Cameron-Dow; Stirling Tells ASX It Will Have Funding; Deals Fall Through; Fermiscan 1-For-2 Rights Issue To Raise $767k 
 
Nov 22, 2010
Novogen's Marshall Edwards Faces Nasdaq Global Market Delisting To Capital Market, Again; Patrys Votes On Placements, Clarification; Biota Loses director Grant Latta, Small AGM Dissent; Avita Reappoints CEO Dr Bill Dolphin On $328k; 16% Of IM Medical Oppose Chairman Dipak Sanghvi
Nov 19, 2010
Federal Government Future Fellowships Biotech Winners; Novogen's NV-128 Kills Resistant Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells; QRX Share Plan Raises $5.8m; Mesoblast Merger Clears Last US Regulatory Hurdle; Acuvax Appoints Ian Murie Chair, Directors Go, Raises $720k; Neurodiscovery Appoints Michael Robson Chairman; Mayne Pharma Replaces Halcygen 
Nov 18, 2010
Neuren Develops Oral NNZ-2566 For Phase II Brain Injury Trial; Valevia Licences Avexa Anti-Bacterial Program For Up To $66m; Tyrian 1-For-1 Rights Issue To Raise $4m; Living Cell Directors Dumped, Walk At AGM; Founder In Chair; Patrys Raises Further $500k; Starpharma Pleads Schultz To ASX 9.7% Price Query; Firebird Group Sells 17m Antisense Shares; Circadian Completes Unmarketable Parcels Buy-Back; Karmelsonix Wheezometer Wins Frost & Sullivan Gong 
Nov 17, 2010
Garvan's Dr John Shine Wins $300k PM's Science Prize; WEHI's Dr Benjamin Kile Wins $50k Life Scientist Of The Year; Patrys Placement Raises $3.25m, Share Plan; Resonance Starts Novartis Deal With $614k Contracts; Dissent At Halcygen (Mayne Pharma) AGM On 150% Directors' Pay Hike; Ellex Launches Prototype Retinal Regeneration Laser; 31% Oppose Progen's Medigen Director Thomas Burt; Lloyd's & Cassanove Increase, Diluted To 6% In Cyclopharm
Nov 16, 2010
Glaxosmithkline Ready For BRAF-1 Phase III Melanoma Trial; Shareholders Requisition Acuvax Board Spill; Dr Richard Opara Quits Substantial Acuvax Holding; Sheep Data Takes Mesoblast To Phase II Cardiac Trial; Phosphagenics, 3M Sign 'Consultancy' Deal On Pain Patch; Neuren Phase I Brain Injury Trial Supports Females In Phase II; Avita Recell Wound Treatment Launched In Middle East; Chemgenex Votes On Note Shares; Small Dissent At Cellestis AGM On Remuneration; Sirtex, Founder Dr Bruce Gray Back To Court For Appeal; Renlyn Bell Takes 13% Of Karmelsonix; Solagran Sells 2,021 Of Hoped-For 78,000 Bottles Of Ropren
Nov 15, 2010
Heartware Pump Equals Competitors; ATEC To Establish Bahrain Biotechnology Centre; Progen Starts Phase I PG545 Tumor Trial; Bionomics Rat Data Shows BNC210 'Highly Effective' In Anxiety; Patrys Requests Capital Raising Trading Halt; Advanced Surgical Says Sales Increasing; Tyrian Requests Capital Raising Trading Halt; Pratt's Tiga Trading Takes 6% Of Halcygen; Celtic Capital, Jersey Investments Each Take 10.6% Of Acuvax 
Nov 12, 2010
Virax Term Sheet For Phase I/IIa Skin Cancer Drug; Medigen Buys Trial Materials From Progen's Pharmasynth; Bluechiip IPO To Raise $6m For Tissue-Tracking; 'Excellent Data' For Healthlinx Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers; Novartis Pays Imugene $1.5m; First Cape Takes 12.45% Of Anteo; Orbis Takes 10% Of QRX; Murdoch Capital, Syracuse Each Take 9.9% Of Acuvax; Advanced Surgical Loses Director Walter Kmet
 
Nov 11, 2010
Start-Up Australia Offers 28% Of Bionomics To The Highest Bidder; Avexa Invests $1.5m In Allied Medical For Coridon Vaccines; Circadian Settles Ark IP Case, Gains Payments; Genetic Technologies Settles Innogenetics Non-Coding DNA Dispute; Select Vaccines Votes On 288m Recovery Placement Shares; Biota Releases 2.4m Escrow Shares; Significant Dissent At Circadian AGM; IM Medical Appoints Peter Jess Director; WEHI Awards Dr Guillaume Lessene $150k Fellowship; Karmelsonix Appoints France, Scandinavia Distributors
  
Nov 10, 2010
Living Cell NTCell 'Cuts Parkinson's Motor Abnormality 56%'; Cellmid Conference Broadens Midkine Knowledge; Circadian Granted US, EU Canada Patents, Phosphagenics Transdermal To Boost Oral Vitamin D; Helicon To Acquire Leading Edge Medical Devices; Patrys treats 1st Three PAT-SM6 Melanoma Patients; Avita Launches Recell As Cosmetic In UK; Significant Dissent At Clinuvel AGM; Pharmaust Placement Raises $611k; Australian Ethical Sells 2m Tissue Therapies Shares; Probiotec Pleads Schultz To ASX 12.5% Price Fall Query; ASIC, CDPP Charge Biotech Solutions' Simon Finnigan On $2.7m
Nov 9, 2010
Clinuvel: 'FDA Gives Positive Guidance On EPP Program'; Tissue Therapies Pleads Schultz To ASX 18% Price Query; Safety Medical 1-For-5 Consolidation Set For Nov 16 
Nov 8, 2010
Biotech Daily 5th Birthday Editorial; Prana Says $15m Labor Promise 'Crucial' For Alzheimer's; Mesoblast Receives $1.2m Obamacare Tax Credit; Benitec Says US Graham '099 RNAi Patent 'Imminent'; WEHI's Dr Ross Dickins Wins $975k Fellowship For Leukemia; QRX Wins 3rd Obamacare Tax Credit Of $241k; Small Dissent At QRX AGM On Director Options;  Safety Medical EGM Approves Return To Trade; Jasper Hill Takes 8% Of Select Vaccines; Novogen Loses Directors Geoff Leppinus, Prof Paul Nestel 
Nov 5, 2010
Federal Government $80m For Innovation Investment Funds; FDA Orphan Status For Patrys PAT-SC1 For Gastric Cancer; Victorian ALP Promises $15m For MHRI, Prana Alzheimer's Work; Antisense Paid $522k Tax Rebate; Narhex AGM Paves Road to Recovery, Keeps Name; Medical Developments Expects 30% Earnings Increase; Avexa Director Steven Crowley Quits; Benitec Ready For New Patent fight; Solagran Details Bioprospect Mediation; Federal Government Opens CRC Round 
Nov 4, 2010
Advanced Surgical Distributes Parcus Medical Products; Atcor, Psivida, QRX Receive $1.1m Obamacare Tax Credit Cheques; Starpharma Confident With Reckitt Benckiser Durex Condoms; OMI Returns To ASX Trading; Small Dissent On Nanosonics' Director Options, Stock Plans; Nusep Wins $30k NSW Grant, Starts Patent Case; Correction: Broadvector, Alpha; Anteo Director Dr Robert Gilmour Resigns; Orbis Sells 2.6m Acrux Shares; Bio-Melbourne Ventures 'Inside The World Of influence'
Nov 3, 2010
Cellmid, Biogenes Develop Midkine Elisa Test For Cancer; Australian Research Council 'Streamlined' Grants Paper; Viralytics Asks FDA For Higher Dose Cavatak Melanoma Trial; Immuron Details Liver Disease Human, Mouse Data; Broadvector Appoints Alpha, Extends IPO; Ellex Seals 2nd Centrevue Distribution Deal; Novogen Appoints Peter Scutt director; Agenix Appoints Dr Danyi Zhang 'Thromboview Champion'
Nov 2, 2010
CBio Expects To Raise All Of Hoped-For $9.3m; Medimmune Pays Phylogica $1m As Evaluation Begins; Chemgenex Receives $245 Obamacare Tax Credit Payment; Solagran Quits Bioprospect; Stirling Votes To Issue 1,616m Shares
Nov 1, 2010
October BDI-40 Leaves ASX200 Behind - Tissue Therapies Up 91%, Compumedics Down 17%; Biomd Hits 1st Cardiac Valve Milestone; Sunshine Heart 5-For-7 Rights Issue To Raise Up To $11m; Antisense 1-For2 Rights Issue For $2.4m; Acrux Pleads Schultz To ASX 27% Query; Anteo Votes 21m Director Options; Tyrian Votes On CEO Rights, Chairman Shares; Fermiscan Votes On 400m Shares; Solagran Has Less Than 1 Quarter Cash
Oct 29, 2010
Victorian Government Details $8m Innovation Funds; Tamara Newing Pleads Guilty To Genetic Technologies Manipulation; Progen Shuts US Office, Divests Cellgate Assets; Resmed Posts Record Profit $58m, Record Revenue $289m; Select Placement Raises $500k; Prima Votes On 34.5m Directors' Options; Pay Pool 67% Rise; Uscom Has Less Than 2 Quarters Cash, Funding; Karmelsonix Has Less Than 1 Quarter Cash; Bioprospect Has 1 Quarter Cash, Placement, Rights Issue; Stirling Has Less Than 1 Quarter Cash, Loans 
Oct 28, 2010
Genetic Technologies: 'Paper Backs Breast Cancer Brevagen'; Australian Patent For Viralytics Cancer Virus; Small Dissent At Sunshine Heart Meeting; Antisense Has Less than 2 Quarters Cash, Capital Raising; Eastland Votes To Up Directors' Pay Pool 167%, Prior Issue; Sun Director Peter king resigns; Fermiscan Appoints John Rainbow Co Sec; Stirling Appoints Michael Kean CFO
Oct 27, 2010
Living Cell: 10 Diabetes Patients Implanted, Dose Questions; WEHI's Dr Clare Scott Wins $400k Ovarian Cancer Fellowship; Immuron's IMM255 'Inhibits 'Flu Virus In Mice'; Cellmid's Advangen To Develop Midkine Hair-Loss Treatment; Agenix, Biotron Vote On Director Shares; Stephen Carter Replaces Eastland CEO Dermot Patterson; Giaconda Has Very little Cash; Mediation Ends Bioprospect, Solagran Dispute
Oct 26, 2010
Genetic Technologies' Phenogen Readies For Brevagen US Sales; Founder Dr Bruce Gray Blocks Sirtex Constitution Change; Agenix Becomes 'A China Drug, Thromboview Play'; Sirtex To Raise Staff By 40%, Q1 Sales Up 16%; Hatchtech Raises $6.3m For Phase IIb Deovo Head Lice Trial; Fluorotechnics Has Little Cash, Cutbacks, Sales; Psivida Votes On 356k CEO, Director Options; Avita Votes On 2.5m Options For CEO Dr William Dolphin; Optiscan Chairman Angus Holt To Take Shares In Lieu Of Pay; Ian Murie Replaces Acuvax Director Dr Alex Birrell
  
Oct 25, 2010
Pharmaxis Respect In Baltimore, Plenty Of CF Competition; Sunshine Heart Has 1 Quarter Cash, $3.7m Placement; Viralytics Votes On 2m M-D Options; Dr Dillon Nomination Heralds Divisive ITL AGM; Pharmaust's Epichem Wins WA Export Gong; OBJ Says GSK Continues Magnetic Transdermal Development; Stirling Appoints Crucible Capital To Raise Telemed $10m
Oct 22, 2010
Cephalon Takes (Potential) 30% Of Chemgenex On Road To FDA; Pharmaxis Combined Cystic Fibrosis Phase III Data 'Significant'; Victorian Government Specifies $3.3m of $55m Action Plan; GSK Pays Biota $2.1m Relenza Royalty; Select Vaccines Underwritten Rights Issue Raises $1.2m; Aquacarotene Votes On Mel Bridges, Name Change, Back Door; Virax Votes On Directors' Shares In Lieu Of Pay; Acorn Takes 5% Of Pharmaxis; Artemis, Rothschild Family Cease Substantial In Benitec; Ausbiotech: Dr Mark Shackleton Wins $1m Pfizer Fellowship; Ausbiotech Appoints Meera Verma, Paul Walton Directors
Oct 21, 2010
Commercialisation Australia Won't Declare Interests, Again; Pharma Scouts Address Packed Ausbiotech Meeting; Roche: Have Venture Fund, Will Licence; Prof Nadia Rosenthal: 'Macrophages Could Cheat Evolution'; Mesoblast Phase II Spinal Fusion Trial 'Safe, With Efficacy'; 10% Oppose Pharmaxis Remuneration, CEO Shares; Phylogica Completes Stage 1 of Roche Deal  

Oct 20, 2010
Ausbiotech Opens With Ideas, Policies And A Few Gongs; Advanced Surgical Distributes Permedica's Devices; Angioblast Votes To Merge With Mesoblast; Atcor Placement Raises $1m; 1-For-6 Rights issue For $1.3m; Trident Appoints David Fuller CMO; Dr Alan Robertson Retruns As Full-Time Pharmaxis CEO; Nearly All Change At Karmelsonix, $2m Note 

 

Oct 19, 2010
Victoria Premier John Brumby Launches Investment Summit With $55m; WEHI, Beckton Dickinson Commercialize Research Reagents; Patrys Treats 1st PAT-SM6 Melanoma Patient; Calzada Quits Avexa With $270k Loss; Phosphagenics Markets AOD9604 As Cosmetic Fat-Buster; Daiichi Sankyo Launches Biota-Developed Inavir In Japan; Australian Ethical Takes 100% Profit On Tissue Therapies; Living Cell Votes On Placement Shares, Directors' Options; Novogen Loses Chairman Phillip Johnson In US Focus; Helicon Pleads Schultz To ASX 90% Price Query; Bioprospect Raises $370k, Hopes For Further $1.9m
Oct 18, 2010
Bio's Jim Greenwood To Open Ausbiotech Conference; Victorian Government $8.5m For Biomedical Imaging; Nusep Debt-Free; Three Impedimen Appointments Focus On US; Bill Mobbs Replaces ITL's Chairman Julian Gosse; Dr John Chiplin Replaces Calzada's George Cameron-Dow
Oct 15, 2010
Commercialization Australia's $3.2m For Biotechnology; Atcor Scores $800k Pharmaceutical Contract; Eastland Pleads Schultz, Old News To ASX 26% Price Query; Halcygen AGM To Up Directors Pay 150%, Become Mayne; Australian Ethical Takes 6% Of QRX 
 
Oct 14, 2010
Pharmaxis CEO Dr Alan Robertson Returns, Approvals Close; FDA Alchemia Fondaparinux Inspection Could Signal Approval; Woolworths, Fairfax Boss Roger Corbett Joins Halcygen; Mesoblast Broadens Stem Cell Cancer Applications; Nusep Files Formulation Patents; Peter MacCallum Public Lecture: Cracking The Cancer Code; Phylogica Appoints Nick Woolf CFO; UBS Increases, Diluted to 5.5% Of Acuvax
Oct 13, 2010
Phosphagenics' Oxycodone Patch Ready For Phase II/III Trial; Imugene Signs Pig, Poultry Vaccine Deal With Novartis; US, Australia, NZ Patents For Antisense ATL1102. ATL1103; Avexa AGM Votes On Directors; Resonance AGM Votes On $10k Shares For M-D Liza Dunne; Medigard AGM To More Than Double Total Directors' Pay; Prof Nadia Rosenthal To Deliver Ausbiotech Millis Oration 
Oct 12, 2010
Ellex Distributes Centrevue's Macular Integrity Diagnostic; 1st EU, 3rd Australian Patent for Tissue Therapies' Vitrogro; Progen PG545 Mouse Data Shows Anti-Cancer Potential; BPH To Change Direction With 2 Bio-IPOs; Northcape Takes 5% Of Pharmaxis; All Directors Change At Safety Medical (DOCA); Tyrian Chairman Roger Amos Takes Pay In Shares
Oct 11, 2010
Andrew Wilkes, Peter Molloy & Synkinase Inhibitor Reagents; Merck To Close Biodiem LAIV Boxmeer Operations This Month; Advanced Surgical Distributes Arthrosurface Products; Meeting To Revive Safety Medical; Nusep Buys-Back 94,990 Unmarketable Parcels
Oct 8, 2010
Queensland's $700k For Research With India; Antisense Releases 18m Escrow Shares; Genera Appoints Two Directors To Replace One Mel Bridges; QRX Votes On Placements, Directors' Options; Clinuvel Votes On 10-For-1 Consolidation, Executive Shares; Neurodiscovery Loses Harry Karelis, Gains Kyle Haynes 
  
Oct 7, 2010
Lucy Turnbull Replaces Prima Chairman Albert Wong; Meeting To Resuscitate Narhex Life; Global Leaders At Ausbiotech Conference; Team-Vic's Translational Stem Cell Engineering Seminar 
Oct 6, 2010
US FDA Approves Pharmaxis' Aridol Asthma Test; Viralytics Ups Phase I Cancer Trial Dose 10-Fold; Resonance Signs Ferriscan Deal With Novartis; Sirtex Claims 16% September Quarter Sales Rise; US Grants 3rd Tissue Therapies Vitrogro Patent; Helicon Shortfall Raises $1.4m; Agenix 1-For-13.66 Rights Issue, Plan To Raise Up To $2.4m; Transocean Increases, Diluted To 7% Of Anteo; Fluorotechnics Sells Gel Co for $US150k; Nicholas Falzon Replaces Andrew Bursill As Cellmid Co Sec
Oct 5, 2010
Chemgenex Omapro NDA Delayed Up To 12 Months, With Clarity; Chemgenex Pleads Schultz To ASX 41% Price Jump Query; Fluorotechnics Sells US Subsidiary , The Gel Co; Bionomics French Trials For Panic Attacks, Memory Loss; Tissue Therapies Appoints US Commercialization Consultant; Acrux Wins Two Victoria Governor Export Gongs 
 
Oct 4, 2010
Court Dismisses Bioprospect's Solagran Injunction; CBio Releases 6.6m Escrow Shares; Cellestis AGM To Raise Directors' Pay 33%
  
Oct 1, 2010
BDI-40 Beats ASX200 Over Month, Year - Benitec Up 70%, Mesoblast Up 41%, Patrys Down 22%; Federal Government Restarts Amended R&D Tax Credit Bill; QRX Placements Raise $14m, Share Plan; Biotoron Begins Phase IIa BIT225 Trial For Hepatitis C; Benitec Begins Neuropathic Pain Program; Eastland Earns $294k From Sale Of Non-Core Portland; Resmed AGM To Double Total Directors' Pay, Increase Shares; Advanced Surgical AGM To Double Total directors' Pay; Fluorotechnics, ITL, Atos Suspended On Accounts 

Sep 30, 2010
CSIRO, Benitec Win All USPTO Graham Patent Claims; Tissue Therapies Completes Ulcer Trial; Starpharma, Eli Lilly Collaborate On 'Unnamed Conjugate'; Circadian, Cincinnati Collaborate On Lung Disease Diagnostic; CBio's Chaperonin 10 Mouse Study 'Promising For Lupus'; Healthlinx, Prof Michael Quinn Settle Out-of-Court; Phylogica Underwritten Rights Issue raises $2.4m; Neurodiscovery Underwritten Rights Issue Raises $719k; Wilson HTM Takes 6% Of Nanosonics; Prima To List On Nasdaq

Sep 29, 2010
Prana Selects PBT434 For Parkinson's Disease; Biota, Daiichi Sankyo Influenza Drug's October Japan Launch; Sunshine Heart's Next Generation C-Pulse Controller; China Pays Agenix Further $420k; Healthlinx Licences AGR2 Biomarker To Millipore; Macquarie's APAF, Agilent In $100k Glycoproteomics Research; IM Medical Loses Director Dr Ross Walker; US Grants Benitec Further Hepatitis C RNAi Patent; QRX Placements To Raise $10m; Share Plan 
  
Sep 28, 2010
Avexa Board Wins Round 1 Against Calzada By 2 To 1; Consumer Goods Co Evaluates OBJ's Magnetic Transdermal; US Patent For LBT Microstreak; Court Moves Bioprospect-Solagran Case To Melbourne; Darren Bromley Replaces Caroline Bentley As Biomd Co Sec
 
Sep 27, 2010
Victoria's Biotech 'Healthy, With Specific Skill Shortages'; CBio 5-For-7 Rights Issue To Raise $9.3m; Nusep Expands Sperm Separation To Animal Market; Two OMI Placements To Raise Up To $2.55m
Sep 24, 2010
WEHI Identifies Malaria's Newest Pathway Into Human Cells; GBS Peplin Wins Avcal Award; Sunshine Heart Capital Increase, Raising, Share Plan EGM; Pure Power Pays Genesis $268k
Sep 23, 2010
Psivida Posts $14m Maiden Profit; Revenue Up 388% To $16m; Tyrian Ships First Wheat Test; Living Cell M-D Dr Ross Macdonald Replaces CEO Dr Paul Tan; Sirtex Votes On 79% Boost To Directors' Pay, Executive Rights; CBio Requests Funding Trading Halt; Bioprospect, Solagran Case Adjourned
 
Sep 22, 2010
Mesoblast EGM Backs Angioblast Acquisition; Acuvax Placement, Rights Issue Raise $284k; Bioprospect, Solagran Return to Court
 
Sep 21, 2010
WEHI Identifies Immune System Sentinel Protein; GE Healthcare Distributes Nanosonics' Trophon In US, Canada; Atos, Calzada, Metabolic AOD9604 Weight-Loss Deal Fails; Biodiem Places Further $1m Rights Issue Shortfall; Select Vaccines Rights Issue To Raise $1.2m, $500k Placement; South African Patent For Medigard 3ml Syringe; OMI Files Documents Ahead Of November Return To Trading; November Relisting For Fermiscan 
Sep 20, 2010
Advanced Surgical Pad Deal Falls, Orthopaedics Re-Focus; US FDA Designates Prima's CVac 'Orphan'; Queensland Approves Nanosonics Trophon Disinfector; Relinquish, Resale Of Leggett Legacy Saves Agenix $900k; Novogen Appoints 3 New Directors; Bioprospect finds Cheaper Version Of Solagran technology; Stirling, Unnamed US Government Institution Study Immunoxel
Sep 17, 2010
Resmed: 'Increased Apnoea Patient Compliance With S9 Device'; Circadian Buys Back Unmarketable Parcels; Bioprospect Director Leo Khouri Resigns Over Solagran
 
Sep 16, 2010
Sunshine Heart Placements, Rights Issue To Raise $22m; Imugene Lead Candidate Best For Pig Virus; Annmac Takes 22% Of Agenix; Genera Company Secretary Geoff Widmer Resigns; Stirling Buys Profitable Pathology Business For $3m Shares 
Sep 15, 2010
Viralytics: 'Cavatak Efficacy In Brain Tumors In Mice'; Avita Awarded $1.8m Scar, Dyspigmentation Contract; Cellmid Takes $8.5m La Jolla Cove Note; Austin Health, Ludwig Gain $1.5m Nuclear Medicine Lab; Agenix Hepatitis B Drug Clears 1st Clinical Safety Hurdle; Eastland Presents Rwanda Malaria Data; Biodiem Appoints Cathy Cropp Projects Manager; CBio Director Dr Dennis Feeney Goes Non-Executive
Sep 14, 2010
Progen To Divest Promising Cancer Stem Cell Compound; Bone Takes $6m La Jolla Cove Note. $650k Private Raising; Bionomics Votes On 3m Chairman, CEO Options; Stirling Acquisition Trading Halt; Prof Doug Hilton Reviews WEHI At Bio-Melbourne Breakfast
  
Sep 13, 2010
Biota, Daiichi Sankyo 'Inavir' Approved For Japanese 'Flu Season; Bioguide Brief: Biota, Daiichi & A New Generation 'Flu Drug; Bioguide Brief: Broadvector's 'Very Reasonable' IPO; US Court Allows Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding; Select Licences Technology To Artes, Burnet, Raises $115k; CSL Votes On $16m 'Performance Rights', Directors' Pay; Mike Hirshorn, Colin Adams Replace Cathrx's Andrew Denver; Advanced Surgical Appoints Michael Spooner Director; New Paint Wins 2010 Victoria Prize, Biotech Takes 3 Fellowships; Victoria To Provide $400k Cancer Research Fellowship
Sep 10, 2010 
Vale Mike Dalling; Editorial: Non-Disclosure Is Self-Defeating; Commercialisation Australia Declares Its Interests; Healthlinx Takes Prof Michael Quinn To Court Over Ovplex; Mesoblast Tells ASX: Old News May Have Pushed Price To $2.48; Agenix Resumes Trading Up 106%; CM Capital Ceases Substantial In Cathrx; Bone Funding Halt 
Sep 9, 2010 
Novogen Sells Isoflavone Cancer IP To Marshall Edwards; Bioguide Brief: Novogen To Be Cash Flow Positive - Duh, Wuh?; Atcor: 'US FDA Backs Central Blood Pressure In Drug Trials'; Universal Biosensors Loses CEO Mark Morrisson; Biodiem Wins FDA Orphan Status For New BDM-E Indication; Healthlinx Adds More UK Centres To Ovplex Trial; UBS AG Takes 13% Of Cathrx; Nusep Establishes Scientific Committee 
 
Sep 8, 2010 
Marc Sinatra's Bio-Guide: Bionomics - Almost Perfect; Ferret Mouse Data Back Biodiem's 'Flu Vaccine; Blackrock Takes 5% Of CSL; Agenix Acquires Chinese Hepatitis B Drug For $2.7m; Agenix Return To Trading;  Herschel Takes 13% Of Cathrx
 
Sep 7, 2010 
Court Stops Solagran Selling Bioprospect Shares Over IP; Hunter Hall Takes 13% Of Biota; Healthlinx Licences Ovplex Test To Israel's Medison; MEC Resources Takes 23.4% Of BPH Corp; JM Reduces 1.9% In Genera; Biodiem AGM Votes On Directors
 
Sep 6, 2010 
Broadvector $8.5m IPO For Prostate, Prosthetic Gene Therapy; US Patent For Circadian VEGF-D Diagnostic Kits; FDA Allows 54 More Patients Access To Heartware Pump Trial; Avexa Attacks Calzada; Select Vaccines Placement To Raise $115k; BPH Rights Issue Raises $2.6m Of Hoped-For $8.3m,  Mining EGM; Pharmaust Oil Trading Halt, Epichem API Scale-Up 
Sep 3, 2010 
GBS Ventures: Building Australian Medical Technologies; Two More Insurers Takes Impedimed's L-Dex To 23m Americans; US Trial Validates Tyrian Active TB Test; 'Cell' Article Backs Prana's Alzheimer's Approach; Healthlinx Launches Ovplex In Singapore; CBio Completes Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Recruitment Early; S&P Drops Biota From ASX200; Platypus Takes 6% Of Sirtex; Wilson HTM Increase But Diluted To 7% Of Impedimed; Calculation Error Halts Healthlinx Draw-Down
Sep 2, 2010 
Calzada Rebuts Avexa Accusations, $23m To Stay In Biotech; Avexa Names 'Bioadvisory Group' For Independent Review; Tissue Therapies Vitrogro Continues 'Outstanding Results'; Phosphagenics Licences Calzada's Fat-Busting AOD9604; Helicon Rights Issue Raises $457k; Further Benitec Graham RNAi Family Patent; Medigard Raises $1.1m Of Hoped-For $4.8m
Sep 1, 2010 
BDI-40 Holds 4-Year Lead Over ASX200 - Compumedics Up 26%, Virax Down 58%, Immuron Joins Top 40; Non-Big-Cap Profit Up 42.5%, Revenue Up 9.5%; Avita Revenue Up 17% To $3.9m, Loss Down; Cyclopharm H1 Revenue Down 24% To $3m, Loss Up; FDA Priority Review For Psivida's Iluvien; Healthlinx South Korea Ovplex Trial; QRX Says Moxduo Trial On-Track; Progen: Medigen Applies For PI-88 US SPA; Platypus Takes 5% Of Sirtex; IDT Appoints Roman Najdecki CFO
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Resmed $1.2b Record Revenue, Profit; Stock Split; Heartware Posts Record $22m Six Month Revenue; Monsanto Takes Genetic Technologies Licence For Cattle; Living Cell’s Dr Ross Macdonald Starts On $316k; 30% Bonus; Neurodiscovery’s Founder David McAuliffe Resigns
Aug 5, 2010
Biotech Daily Editorial: Embargoes; Phylogica Extends Medimmune $109m Deal Halt To Suspension; Eastland Director Death Extends Halt To Suspension; ASIC Talks Lead To Medigard Retracting $US40m Revenue Claim; Helicon 3-For-2 Rights Issue To Raise Up To $1.9m; Healthlinx Singapore Launch Delayed ‘For Bigger Market’; Halcygen Appoints Dr Stuart Mudge Regulatory Manager; Solagran Reaches For Its Lawyers On Bioprospect Claims
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Advance Opportunities Provides Up To $15m For Patrys; Correction: QRX Pharma; Halcygen’s Mayne Acquisition Rolls In The Revenue; Bone Notes Raise $177k; Cathrx EGM On CEC Jeffrey Goodman’s 1m Options; Victoria Provides $3.7m For Cancer Projects; Phylogica Requests Research Partnership Trading Halt; Eastland Requests Capital Raising Trading Halt; Dr Peter Isdale Replaces Ausbiotech’s Dr Simon Carroll; Stirling Buys $7m Telemedcare For $511k
Aug 2, 2010
Heartware Drags Down July BDI-40: Antisense Up 25%, QRX Down 20.7%, Heartware Down 18.1%; WEHI Says Missing Puma Gene A Key To Cancer; Patrys Begins Royal Adelaide PAT-SM6 Melanoma Phase I Trial; Capital Group Clients Continue Exit From Cochlear; BPH Corp 1-For-2 Rights Issue To Raise Up To $8.3m; Giaconda Has Less Than One Quarter Cash; Karmelsonix Has Less Than Two Quarters Cash, Equity Draw Down; Cochlear Appoints Yasmin Allen Director; Living Cell Appoints Dr Ross Macdonald Managing Director 
Jul 30, 2010
Chief Medical Officer Warns Against CSL 'Flu Vaccine; Calzada Spins Metabolic Fat Drug Into Atos Shell For $500k; Nusep To Buy-Back Small Holdings After Results; Biotech Daily Appendix 4C Policy; Phylogica Has One Quarter Cash; Imugene Has One Quarter Cash, Tax Rebate; Bioprospect Has One Quarter Cash, Convertible Note; Stirling Has One Quarter Cash, 'Mezzanine Funding'; Circadian Releases 2.6m Escrow Shares; Stirling Requests Telemedcare Trading Halt; ITL Loses CFO Angelo Tsagarakis; Solagran Silent On Bioprospect Dispute Allegations
 
Jul 29, 2010
Senator Kim Carr: Biotechnology For The Environment; Nanosonics Begins Deliveries, Asks FDA To Drop Indicator; Biosignal Completes RGM Movie Deal; Harry Karelis Takes Neurodiscovery Chair, All Options Open; Halcygen Loses Craig Bottomley, Gains Lisa Pendlebury; Bioprospect Serves Notice Of Dispute On Solagran; Solagran CFO David Croll On-Board, CEO Branko Jovanovic Off
Jul 28, 2010
Eastland Says Artimist 'Better, Cheaper Than IV Quinine'; Patrys Acquires Antibody PAM-1; Resonance Seeks MRI Liver Fat, Fibrosis Partner; Avita Loss Down 61%, Revenue Up 31% To $4.4m; Fluorotechnics Has One Quarter Cash, Capital Raising; Benitec Has Less Than One Quarter Cash, Convertible Note; Agenix Votes On 1.1b Shares, Directors; Prima Plays Musical Chairs, Ata Gokyildirim Resigns
Jul 27, 2010
Medigard $4.8m Rights Issue For US Manufacture, Sales; Cogstate Profit Up 16% To $1.4m, Revenue Up 12% To $9.4m; NSW Subsidizes Ausbiotech Exhibitors
 
Jul 26, 2010
Biota Begins Phase II BTA798 Rhinovirus Drug For Asthmatics; QRX US NDA Delayed 3 Months, New Euro Trial, 2012 Launch; OMI EGM Backs Major Changes; Sunshine Heart Has (Just) Less Than 2 Quarters Cash; Resmed Joins S&P ASX100; BPH's Dr Robin Scaife Wins $75k Melanoma Grant
 
Jul 23, 2010
Sirtex Trials SIR-Spheres For Kidney Cancer; Biotron 'BIT225 Effective Against HIV In Dendritic Cells; Prima Enrols 1st Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Patient; Avexa Takes On Calzada; Backs Apricitabine; Acuvax Confirms Merck Hawaii Acquisition; 'Anesthesiology' Backs BPH's Cortical Dynamics Algorithm; Cathrx Partner Acquires Catheter Reprocessor; Nasdaq Gives Novogen 180 Days To Reach $US1; Prima Reappoints CEO Martin Rogers Director, Dr Neil Frazer
 
 
Jul 22, 2010
WEHI, Nexpep Discover Proteins For Coeliac Disease; Merck's $3.5m Hawaii Bid Leaves Acuvax 'An Empty Shell'; GSK Pays Biota Low $900k Relenza Royalty, Record 12 months; Starpharma Protected From Durex Offer; Correction Editorial; Citeline Clinical Trials Database Opens Melbourne Office; Stirling To Acquire Telemedcare For $511k DOCA 
Jul 21, 2010
Editorial: Taxpayer Grants & Disclosure; TGA Approves 'World 1st' Mesoblast Stem Cell Supply; Pharmaxis Report explains Bronchitol Results; Capital Group Reduces 1% In Cochlear; US Springtree Takes 5% Of Neuren; Eastland Appoints Stephen Carter Consultant; Antisense Loses Kate Plumridge
Jul 20, 2010
Athlomics, Mater Pathology Launch Sepsis Test; Allied Medical $6m Investment Boosts Coridon For HSV2; Bio-Melbourne Niche Market Breakfast
 
Jul 19, 2010
CSIRO, Cogstate Focus On Early Alzheimer's Test; US FDA Clearance For Karmelsonix Wholter Recorder; Thorney, Tiga Quit ITL, Losing $4.2m; BPH Tells ASX: Oil, Gas May Have Pushed Price; Prana EGM On 225m Shares; Acuvax Appoints RM Capital For Placement, Rights Issue 
Jul 16, 2010
Federal Government Gives CSL $30m; Correction: Avexa 
Jul 15, 2010
FDA Approves Starpharma Phase II Vivagel Vaginosis Trial; Alchemia, Dr Reddy's Expand Fondaparinux Deal; Avexa refuses Board Seat For 16% Calzada; JM Financial Ceases Substantial In Halcygen; Avita Appoints Andrew Quick V-P Research, Technology; Stirling Claims Australian Patent For Salbutamol Fat-Buster
Jul 14, 2010
Chemgenex Combines Trials For New FDA NDA; Anteo, Merck Chimie Agree Second Supply Deal; Phylogica Director Anthony Barton Retires; Avexa's Dr Jonathan Coates Back To Work With China Deal; Benitec Says Graham Family Patent Granted In US, India, Japan; 2 of 11 Commercialisation Australia Grants For Biotech; Victorian Bio-Beers Is Back! 
 
Jul 13, 2010
Avexa: Dr Jonathan Coates CEO, Jet Soedirdja Director, Review; Tissue Therapies Wound Care Trial 'Extraordinary' Results; Living Cell NZ Trial: 'Pig Cells Reduce Insulin Dependence'; Clinuvel Phase III Trial: 'Scenesse Reduces Sunlight Pain'; Antisense Working On Multiple Licencing Deals; Fluorotechnics Revenue Up, Below Expectations; Capital Group Reduces 1% In Cochlear; KFT, PFM Cornerstone Increase In Cathrx  
Jul 12, 2010
British Network 'Adopts' Alchemia Phase III Cancer Trial; India Approves Biodiem's 'Flu Vaccine, Merck Targets R&D Site; Mesoblast Bone Marrow Trial Leads To FDA Phase III Talks; Trident Capital To Recapitalize Safety Medical; Anteo 'Completing Supply Agreement' Trading Halt; Starpharma Appoints Malcolm McColl VP New Business
Jul 9, 2010
Psivida Partner Alimera Applies For European Marketing Approval; Australian Patent For BPH's Cortical Dynamics Brain Monitor; Brezzo Tales 27% Of Biodiem; Australia-France Science Projects
Jul 8, 2010
Bioguide Brief: Avexa Investors Need To Face Facts; Alabama's Surmodics To Manufacture Clinuvel's Scenesse; Pharmaxis Appoints COO Gary Phillips Acting-CEO; Acuvax Has Less Than One Quarter Cash; Benitec To Release 20m Escrow Shares; Bioprospect 'Disappointed' With Solagran's 'Dispute'
Jul 7, 2010
Alchemia Tumbles 30% On Competition From Apicore; Avexa Names Joe Baini Chairman, Calzada Wants Board Seat; Atcor $2m Trials Deal, 2nd Michigan Judgment; Helicon EGM On Shares, Options, Loan 
Jul 6, 2010
Avexa EGM 'Pounds' Board, $23m Likely To Stay In Biotech; Advanced Surgical Deal To Market Amputation-Saving Device; Prima Pleads Schultz To ASX 22% Price Fall Query; Impedimed Resolves Xitron, James Matthie Dispute; US Patent For Patrys Anti-Cancer Compound PAT-PM1; Eastland Tells ASX: 'News Might Have Pushed Price 36%'; Fermiscan Nominates Leon Carr ASX Contact
Jul 5, 2010
Healthlinx's Ovplex Ovarian Cancer Test Hits Harley Street; Healthlinx Concern Over Critical Report In 'The Age'; Immuron Shortfall Placement Raises $746k; Stirling Claims Unnamed Institute Backs Immunoxel For HIV
Jul 2, 2010
Imugene Up 63% On Likely Re-Licence Of Animal Health Assets; Viralytics Options Raise $2.4m; Jojo Enterprises Takes 5% Of BPH Corp; Wilson HTM Diluted To 7% Of Cathrx
Jul 1, 2010
BDI-40 Beats ASX200 Over 4 Years, 12 Months To June 30, 2010; Melbourne Pathology Buys Australia's 1st LBT Previ Isola; UBS AG Takes 9% Of Cathrx, Prime Broker, Margin Calls; Prana Presents Mechanism Of PBT2 For Alzheimer's Disease; Agenix Receives $477k From Shanghai
  
Jun 30, 2010
Phosphagenics Starts Transdermal Oxycodone Dose Trial; CBio Recruitment 'Milestone'; Lupus Potential; FDA: 'CSL Deviates From Good Manufacturing Practice'; David Li, Bank Of East Asia Correct Biodiem Holding; Psivida's Alimera Files Diabetic Macular Oedema Application; IM Medical EGM For 1.7bn Share Issue, Elect Directors; Progen Seals Medigen PI-88 Deal; US Patent For Clinuvel's Scenesse; Genetic Technologies Dealer Ban Reduced To 3 Years; Acuvax Fund Raising, Investee Hawaii Biotech Sells Assets
Jun 29, 2010
Nanosonics Renews Trophon Shipments, US Plans On-Track; Cathrx, Pioneer Medical Euro Supply Deal; Starpharma Details Monash Uni Dendrimer Grant; Genetic Technologies, Quest Extend Non-Coding DNA Licence; Genesis Raises $446k; Calzada Takes 16% Of Avexa; David Li, Bank Of East Asia Take 31% Of Biodiem; Bioprospect Seeks Clarification From Solagran; Correction: Solagran, Bioprospect
 
Jun 28, 2010
Prana To Raise Up To $26m For PBT2 Alzheimer's Trial; Progen Granted Japanese PI-88 Patent; Cathrx $5.1m Shortfall Placement Takes Total To $11.4m; Acorn Reduces Below Substantial In Pharmaxis; Clinuvel Appoints Stan McLiesh Chair To Push Scenesse; Tyrian Appoints Thailand's Pacific Biotech Test Manufacturer; US AMA Provides Karmelsonix Two Reimbursement Codes; Pharmaust Tells ASX: Drilling May Have Pushed Volume; Solagran, Bioprospect Fall Out Over Bioeffectives
Jun 25, 2010
Avexa Directors Hit Back At Pro-ATC Letter; R&D Tax Credit Alive And Well, Awaiting Senate Sitting; Cellestis Hails US Guidelines On TB Testing; Dr Bruce Gray Ordered To Pay Sirtex $2.6m; US AMA Gives Impedimed Reimbursement Category III Code; Ray Larkin Jnr Replaces Heartware Chairman Rob Thomas; Prima's CEO Martin Rogers Departs Board
Jun 24, 2010
Editorial: Political Changes Ring Uncertainty For Biotech; Biotech Winners In ARC Linkage Projects; Sirtex Asia Pacific Trial Of SIR-Spheres Against Sorafenib; Biodiem Raises $3.5m Of Hoped For $7.5m; CBio Claims 'Misleading Information', Biotech Daily Responds; Xceed Sister Fleming SG Takes 8% Calzada Wedge; Nasdaq Delists Progen For Falling Below $US1; Solagran's Ropren 'Saves Life', Earns $243k In 4 Months
Jun 23, 2010
Pharmaxis Tumbles 47% On Missed Endpoint; Bioguide Brief: Pharmaxis - 'Missed By That Much' Or Did It?; Orbis Increases to 11.5% Of Starpharma; Calzada Takes 14.5% Of Avexa; Link Slips Below Substantial In Prima
Jun 22, 2010
Pharmaxis Phase III Cystic Fibrosis Trial Misses Endpoint - Despite Improved Lung Function; Healthlinx CM1 Biomarker May Detect Prostate Cancer; Taylor Collison Underwrites $2m Living Cell Options; Xceed Sells Calzada Wedge For $865k; Immuron Share Plan Raises $691k; Significant Dissent At CBio Meeting; Genetic Technologies Appoints Lewis Stuart US G-M 
Jun 21, 2010
Bionomics' Anti-Anxiety BNC210 4-Fold Uptake With Food; Healthlinx Begins South Korean Ovplex Trial; Pharmaxis Phase III Cystic fibrosis Trading Halt; JM Financial Reduces, Diluted 1.9% In Genera; Simon McKeon Appointed CSIRO Chairman; Bio-Melbourne Breakfast Goes Green; Bioprospect Raises $422k, Hoped For $3.3m
Jun 18, 2010
Patrys Adds Two More Cancer Compounds To Pipeline; Pharmaxis CEO Dr Alan Robertson Investigates Hospital Care; All Change AT Novogen, Marshall Edwards; CM Capital Reduces 2.8% In Cathrx; Aids Activists Call On Avexa To Revive Apricitabine; Correction: Fermiscan; Biotech Wins 6 Of 16 Fresh Science Gongs; US Hepatitis C Patent For Benitec; Dr Richard Opara, Reduces, Diluted 17% In Acuvax;  Neurodiscovery EGM To Sell Neurosolutions; Orbis Increases To 9% Of Starpharma
 
Jun 17, 2010
Tissue Therapies 'Exceptional' Vitrogro Wound Care Results; Benitec HIV Stem Cell Trial Safe, Feasible, 2nd Trial Begins; Bio SA $240k Grant For Calzada's Novoskin Collaboration; Fermiscan Deed Of Company Arrangement 'Terminated'; Orbis Takes 14% Of Chemgenex; Celtic Capital, Jason Peterson Take 10% Of Helicon; Queensland's Peter Beattie Joins Medical Research Fund
Jun 16, 2010
Benitec's ddRNAi Benefit For Lung Cancer; Giaconda Sells Assets To Redhill For $578k, AMTI Dropped; Helicon Placement Raises $162,516, Rights Issue For $1.875m; Passport Discloses Avexa Holdings; Tyrian, Bayer Sign Wheat Test Supply Agreement
Jun 15, 2010
Healthlinx Ovarian Cancer Trial, Healthscope Distributor; Conditional Approval For Heartware Destination Trial; Sunshine Heart's 1st Minimally Invasive C-Pulse Implant; Resonance's Ferriscan Available On UK 'Choose And Book'; Neurodiscovery To Sell UK Revenue Positive Business; Platypus Ceases Substantial In Sirtex, Just; Fluorotechnics Downgrades Revenue Estimate; Genesis Placement To Raise $446k; Benitec Appoints CSO Dr Peter French CEO; Karmelsonix Expects $325k June Quarter Sales 
Jun 11, 2010
Federal Court Finds For Sirtex, Against Dr Bruce Gray; Calzada's Polynovo, Biomet End Licence; Eastland Prepares Phase III Malaria Trial, Berlin Pharma Bust; Immuron, Nycomed Expand Indications, Target Markets
Jun 10, 2010
Avita's 1st US Patient Shows Recell Superiority; Hunter Hall Takes 44% Of Fluorotechnics; Living Cell, NZ Government Pig Tissue Project; Cogstate Creates Axon For Sports Concussion; IM Medical Settle Mark Scott Equipment Deal
Jun 9, 2010
Resonance Appoints Turkey Ferriscan Distributor; Calzada Takes 13% Of Avexa; Anteo Tells ASX : Options Chat Site Pushed Price 36%; Director Richard taylor Diluted To 5% Of Fluorotechnics; UBS AG Diluted To 8% Of Acuvax
 
Jun 8, 2010
Maurice Blackburn Starts Australian Gene Patents Test Case; Sirtex Asian Trial Shows Extended Benefit; Signostics Hand-Held Ultrasound Wins Design Awards; Model Backs Genetic Technologies' Brevagen Test; Dr Julia Archbold Wins $16k Victoria Premier's Prize; Genesis Loses Director Jim McLean 
 
Jun 7, 2010
Bionomics' BNC105 Cancer Drug 'Safe Below Maximum Dose'; Chemgenex Omapro 'Safe, Favorable Toxicity Profile'; Avita Takes La Jolla Cove $US6m Convertible Note; Opal, Massachusetts General HIV Collaboration; Ben Dillon Replaces Mark Fordree At Fermiscan; Innovation Series Material Science Lunch
Jun 4, 2010
Advanced Surgical' s 1st Patient Leg Saved, Leaves Hospital; Agenix Files Accounts Ahead Of AGM, ASX Relisting; Cochlear Settles Undisclosed US Legal Matter For $1.1m; Federal International Linkages $440k For 69 Projects; IM Medical 'Significant Negotiations' Halt; All Bioprospect Votes Passed By Same Margin 
Jun 3, 2010
WEHI Identifies Blood-Thinning For Malaria; Cathrx Places Rights Shortfall, Raises Full $11.2m; Sunshine Heart Lays Ground For $47m Pivotal Trial; Prima Wins CVac Euro Orphan Drug Status; Bio-Melbourne Breakfasts On Value Perception; Cochlear Nucleus 5 Wins Red Dot Design Gong 
Jun 2, 2010
Novogen Drops 57% On Non-Significant Phase III Ovarian Cancer Trial; Bioguide Brief: Novogen Joins The Failed Phase III Club; Australian Stem Cell Centre Funds Run Out June 2011; Evado's ASEAN Clinical Trials Joint Venture 
Jun 1, 2010
May BDI-40 Down 3.6%, ASX200 Down 7.8%, Heartware Up 26%, Avexa Loses 76%; Cytentia Establishes Stem Cell Bank; Healthlinx Places $750k Through Stonebridge; Benitec Appoints Iain Ross Director; Ausbiotech Manages Federal Government Biofuels Project 
May 31, 2010
Avita Delivers 3rd Strike To Helicon; Federal $21m For Stem Cell Research; Fluorotechnics Rights Raise $1.6m; Novogen Phase III Trial Results Trading Halt; Small Dissent At Phosphagenics AGM; Benitec Votes On Share Issues
 
May 28, 2010
Patrys Meets CSL Milestone, Payment; Acuvax Rights Raise $186k; Australian Ethical Ceases Substantial In QRX, Just; CBA Slips Below Substantial In Cochlear; Frank Fenner Gong For WEHI's Dr Marc Pellegrini For HIV, TB; Ausbiotech Sydney Meditech Conference
May 27, 2010
Fraunhofer To Produce Prima's European Phase III CVac; Progen's Pharmasynth Shanghai Manufacturing Contract; Select Vaccines AGM Backs Directors; Genera Releases 7.3m Escrow Shares
May 26, 2010
Avexa EGM To Roll Chairman Nathan Drona, Elect Directors; FDA Petition To Support Chemgenex's Omapro For CML; US Judge Orders Regional Coverage For Atcor's Sphygmacor; Immuron Cow Colostrum Product Neutralizes HIV In Vitro; Nusep Rights Issue Raises $4.5m; Sunshine Heart Investor Briefing Tour 
May 25, 2010
Xenome's Appoints Peplin's Michael Aldridge Executive Director; Team-Vic's Tissue Engineering Seminar Blitz; Stirling Adds Kidney Health To HIV, TB, 'Flu OTC Product List; China Approves Cyclopharm Technegas Plus Generator; Bioprospect Develops Natural Therapies, Emu Oil
May 24, 2010
Patrys Readies For Phase I PAT-SM6 Melanoma Trial; Calzada Takes 12% Of Avexa, $23m Fight Looms; Genera R&D Deal With Unnamed 'Top 10' Test Company; Novogen's Phenoxodiol Shows Promise For Prostate Cancer; Merck Serono Extends Bionomics MS Deal; Dr Mervyn Jacobson 2011 Trial, Tamara Newing CDPP Talks; Sunshine Heart Implants 8th Aorta Cuff Patient Giaconda Tells ASX: Sale Will Fund Activities
May 21, 2010
Immuron, Nycomed Collaborate To Prevent Colds, Influenza; Orbis Quits Avexa, Losing $6m; Stirling Requests Partner, Sponsor Halt
 
 
May 20, 2010
Queensland Gov, Eli Lilly Create $250m Biotech Fund; Advanced Surgical Advances European Distribution; Uri Ratner Replaces Avexa Director Joe Baini, Vote Pending; Aviva Ceases Substantial In Mesoblast; Orbis Increases To 17% Of Impedimed; JM Financial Ceases In Clinuvel
May 19, 2010
US FDA Allows Mesoblast Phase II Cervical Spine Fusion Trial; Progen Granted 'Key' PI-88 European Patent; Pacific Edge Licences Cellmid's Midkine For Cancer Test; Final Call For Prime Minister's Science Prize Nominations
May 18, 2010
Agenix Unlikely To See 1c Of Neil Leggett's Stolen $4m; Sunshine Heart Implants 7th Cardiac Patient; Phylogica Lists on Frankfurt Exchange; Clinuvel's Afamelanotide (Formerly CUV1647) Becomes Scenesse 
May 17, 2010
Pharmaxis Phase III: Bronchitol Improves CF Lung Function 8%; Clinuvel Italian Special Approval, Revenue; Correction: Linkages, NMHRC Funding; CBio, Springtree $12.45 Note, Share Plan; Pharmaust Options Raise $216k; Giaconda, AMTI Deal Delayed, Again
  
May 14, 2010
CBio Doses 1st Euro Patient In Phase IIa XToll Arthritis Trial; Sun Share Plan Raises $856k To Revive Occupational & Medical
 
May 13, 2010
Editorial Correction: Plenty Left To Cut; Marc Sinatra's Bioguide: Angioblast gets The Blood Pumping; R&D Tax Credit Bill Goes To Parliament; Rudd Budget 2010 Axes Science Linkages; Viralytics Meets US FDA For Phase II Cavatak Melanoma Trial; Andrew Doyle Takes 7% Of Nusep; Circadian Appoints Susan Madden Company Secretary; World Heart Appoints Ventracor's Dr John Woodard V-P; OBJ Field-In-Motion Powered By Kinetic Energy
May 12, 2010
Mesoblast Buys Angioblast, Anoints Prof Silviu Itescu, Raises $37m; Bioguide Brief: Mesoblast Merger 'Victory For All'; Editorial; Federal Budget A Biotech Win - Nothing Left to Cut; Impedimed Rights Raise $7.5m, Hoped For $10m; BPH's Cortical Dynamics Brain Monitor Passes Parts Trial; Bioprospect Plan To Raise $3.3m At 1.8c A Share 
 
May 11, 2010
Narhex Restructure For HIV Development; Acrux Wins Luramist Back From Vivus; Genera, Healthscope Develop Respiratory Diagnostics; Capital Group Reduces 1% In Cochlear; Mayo Clinic Backs Atcor Sphygmacor; Bone Appoints NY's Viriathus 
May 10, 2010
Avexa Drops ATC, CEO Dr Julian Chick, Board Spill Call; Bioguide Brief: Avexa's Apricitabine - A Busted Flush; Sirtex 9-Month Revenue Down, Profit Up; Relevare (CNSBio) $25m IPO For Neuropathic Cancer Pain Drug; USPTO Upholds Genetic Technologies' Non-Coding DNA Claims; Federal $2.4m For Biotech, Bio-Fuels, Crops, Food Additives; JM Takes 11% Of Genera; QRX Closer to Controlled Release Dual Opioid 
 
May 7, 2010
QRX Tells ASX: 'Trial Completion Reduces Cash Burn'; Select Vaccines Partner Hibernation, AGM; Biodiem Loses Director Dr John Brown, Gains Julie Phillips, Arthur Li; WEHI's Prof Suzanne Cory Voted Science Academy President; Starpharma's Dr Jackie Fairley Joins Melbourne Business School; Bio-Melbourne Breakfasts On Bio-Similars 
May 6, 2010
FDA Delays Cost Chemgenex Omapro 12 Months; Neuren Begins Phase II NZ2566US 260-Patient Brain Injury Trial; Victoria: Platypus Peptides As Antimicrobials; Fluorotechnics Sells System To Yale; Bionomics BNC210 Anti-Anxiety Drug Effect With Food; Nycomed Distributes Immuron's Travelan; Sun Biomedical To Save Occupational & Medical; Avexa ATC Trading Halt 
 
May 5, 2010
Victoria Invests $650k In Bace Alzheimer's Treatment; Victoria's $540k For Ellex 2RT Trial; QRX Says Data Backs Moxduo Despite Increased Vomiting; PBS Lists Medical Developments'  Penthrox; Genetic Technologies' Non-Coding DNA Licence For Eragen; Victoria Bioelectronics Lab For Bionic Eye; Sunshine Heart Implants 6th Patient; Mesoblast Suspension  
May 4, 2010
Studies Back Ellex 2RT Retina Regeneration Therapy; SBC Buys Fermiscan IP For $250k; Immuron Begins Preclinical 'Flu Trials; Kinetic Takes 6% Of Nanosonics; Biomd 3rd Party Feasibility Study; Antisense ATL1101, ATL1103 Phase I Trials; Queensland $1m For Alchemia Opioid Side Effects; Acuvax Rights Issue For $3.3m; Heartware Q1 Revenue Up 613% To $12m; Exceed EGM Vote Split
May 3, 2010
April No Waste Land - BDI-40 Down 2.4%, Cathrx Up 73%, Biota Loses 35%; GSK 2009 Sales Up 30% To $1.9bn, Helped By Biota's Relenza; Federal, Queensland Governments Contract DSM Biologics; BPH's Cortical Dynamics Presents Anaesthesia Data;Genetic Technologies 
Non-Coding DNA Licence To Gen-Probe; Genesis Halts NZ Operations; Mesoblast Merger Acquisition Trading Halt; Giaconda Has Less Than One Quarter Cash; Andrew Goodall Takes 16% Of Nusep; Aust Stem Cell Centre Teaches Techniques 
  
Apr 30, 2010
Taiwan's Medigen Finally Claims Progen's PI-88; Resmed record Quarter Revenue, Profit; Mesoblast Stem Cells Beat Bone Graft In Phase I Lumbar Trial; Prima: 'Dendreon Cancer Vaccine Good News For CVac'; Acrux Has $50m More Tha One Quarter's Cash; Fluorotechnics Less Than One Quarter Cash, Rights Issue; Norwood abbey Less than Two Quarters Cash; Charity's $43k For Impedimed Research; Biotron Appoints Prof Denis Wade Director; IM Medical Equity Securities Vote Split; Bioprospect Raises $156k; Stirling Has One Quarter Cash
 
Apr 29, 2010
Biota Dives 24% On GSK's $10m March Quarter Relenza Royalty; Impedimed Hopes For March 2011 Income; Phosphagenics Appoints Dr Esra Ogru Joint CEO; Prana: PBT2 Alzheimer's Mechanism Of Action; Healthlinx July Singapore Ovplex Launch; Stirling Adds Inhaler Device To OTC AIDS, TB, 'Flu Cure-All
Apr 28, 2010
Eastland's Sublingual Artimist Equals IV Quinine For Malaria; Seven Biotechs Share Last Federal Comet Grants; Biomd Cancels Pelvic Floor Patch Trial; Prima Appoints Albert Yue-Ling Wong Director; Solagran Chairman Dr Vagif Soultanov Exercises 50c Options For 15.5c Shares 
Apr 27, 2010
Heartware Recalls 'Quiet' Cardiac Pump Controllers; IM Medical, Inventor take 5 Years To End Job Litigation; US Patent For Uscom Algorithm; Heartware Presents 'Positive' 100-Patient Data; FDA Accepts Resubmitted Pharmaxis Aridol NDA; US Foundation's $540k For Living Cell Trial; Eastland Requests Artimist Trading Halt; Novogen Appoints Dr Daniel Gold US CEO; Probiotec Appoints Directors, Closes Celebrity Slim Deal
Apr 23, 2010
Select Vaccines' Martin Soust 10-Year Ban, $80k Fine; CSL Seasonal 'Flu Vaccine Paediatric Adverse Events; Giaconda Deal For Helicobacter Treatment; CSL Pleads Schultz, No Comment To ASX 8% Price Fall Query; BAM Capital Ceases Substantial In Prana; Orbis Reduces 1% In Pharmaxis; Wilson HTM Increases 1% In Cathrx 
Apr 22, 2010
Ausbiotech: 'Don't Delay R&D Tax Credit'; AFG's Karen Dado: 'Partnerships Are Horses For Courses'; Hunter Says HI-164OV Reduces Hospital Visits 90%; Xenome Convertible Note Raises $10m, Dr William Rote Resigns; Phylogica Appoints Oxford Biomedica's Nick Woolf Director
Apr 21, 2010
Alchemia's Hyact Kills Breast, Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells; Bioguide Brief: Biota Loses Another Collaborator; Cathrx Rights Issue Raises $6.3m; Cellmid, Kumamoto Uni Midkine Research Agreement; Melbourne Uni Wins $160k Immuron Collaboration Grant; Phosphagenics Launches Elixia Cosmetics Range; Atcor Supply, Service Contract Extended $284k; Fluorotechnics Sells Systems To Max Planck; Eastland Legal Battle With Berlin Pharma; Solagran's 19 Ropren Courses Earn $23k In March   
Apr 20, 2010
YM Claims Pivotal Pre-Clinical Efficacy For (Cytopia's) CYT387; Biota Shelves Hepatitis C Drug - 4 Sale At Reasonable Price; Prana Plans 'Definitive' Phase IIb Alzheimer's Trial This Year; Progen's Pharmasynth Wins Hunter Contract; Ausbiotech CEO Dr Anna Lavelle Wins Israel Study Trip; US Patent For Karmelsonix Subsidiary
Apr 19, 2010
Doron Ben-Meir Appointed Commercialisation Australia's CEO; Federal Government Innovation Reports Set Bench-Marks; Prana 2nd Cut Data Shows Significant Early Alzheimer's Benefit; Biomerieux Pays LBT $3.4m Milestone; Immuron Completes Biogard Phase II HIV Adjunct Trial Dosing; Giaconda Withdraws Euro-Patent Application; Genera Paptype HPV Test Ready For CE Mark; Immuron Share Plan To Raise $1.6m; Cathrx Loses Director Dr Carrie Hillyard
Apr 16, 2010
Commercialisation Australia's $4.6m For Biotech; Bionomics Discovers BNC105 Biomarker, Posts New Animal Data; Neopec Appoints Dr Peter Mountford CEO For Breast Renewal; Progen Appoints Own Directors To Subsidiary; BPH Requests Non-Core Trading Halt; Safety Medical In Voluntary Administration; Bio-Melbourne, Minter Ellison Workshop Fair Work Act 2009 
Apr 15, 2010
Circadian: VGX-100 Inhibits Several Mouse-Model Tumors; FDA Accepts Acrux Axiron Application; GTG's Dr Mervyn Jacobson Trial Adjourned; Phosphagenics Loses Founder Chairman Prof Andrew Vizard; Wilson HTM Increases 1.5% In Impedimed; Boston's RA Capital Takes 5% Of Psivida; Nusep EGM Motions Passed Easily; Queensland Trials Network Runs Ethics Training
Apr 14, 2010
Victoria's Cartwheel Matches Rare Tumor Patients To Trials; Cochlear's Chris Roberts: Design Your Future; QRX Phase III Bunionectomy Trial 'Significant Pain Relief'; Pharmaxis 2nd Cystic Fibrosis Phase III Trial Completed; Nanosonics Scale-Up 'Back On Track'; Genetic Technologies Buys Breast Cancer Test, Non-Coding DNA; Circadian Loses CFO Natalie Korchev
Apr 13, 2010
Halcygen Completes US Phase II Anti-Fungal Trial Recruitment; Phosphagenics Appoints Southern Cross With 15m Options; Living Cell Paper Wins Journal Of Neural Engineering Gong; Heartware AGM Votes On Directors' Stock, Pay, Elections; Macquarie Group Ceases In Impedimed; Correction: Cathrx
Apr 12, 2010
FDA Critical Of Chemgenex, ODAC Less So; Bioguide Brief: Chemgenex - No News Is Not Good News; Journal Article Backs Cellmid's Midkine For Cardiac Arrest; Benitec Opens ddRNAi HIV Trial Recruitment; Nominations Open For 2010 PM's Science Prizes; WEHI: Breast Stem Cell Hormone Sensitivity & Cancer; Ellex Sub-Licence Beats US Patent Problem; Benitec's $6.4m La Jolla Cove Convertible Note; Goodbye Incitive; JM Increases 1.5% In Genera; Wilson HTM Reduces 1% In Cathrx
Apr 9, 2010
Advanced Surgical Begins 40-Patient Perfusion Trial; Cathrx EGM For Directors' 7m Rights; Impedimed Placement Raises $10m; LBT Wins US Design Gong; Stirling Appoints Co Sec, Canada Executives
Apr 8, 2010
Orphan PI-88 Comes Home To Progen; Biomd's Paediatric Cardiac MRI Data Calcification-Free; FDA Approves Heartware Bridge-To-Transplant Extension; Select's Martin Soust Awaits Penalty; Psivida: Durasert Delivers Neuroprotectant Steroid In Rats; Biotron 'Piggy-Back' Options Raise $642k; Chinese Pay Agenix Drop-By-Drop; Karmelsonix Wholter CE Mark; Medical Developments Appoints John Sharman CEO 
Apr 7, 2010
Bioguide Brief: Biologics, Biosimilars & Data Exclusivity 101; Peter Molloy: Biosimilar Protection Great For Inventors; Spruson & Ferguson: US Law Not Monopoly Like Patents; Griffith Hack: Protected Biologics Still Need Patents; Impedimed Applies To FDA For Lower limb Lymphoedema Test; Living Cell Pig Cells 'Safe At 34 Months', Proof-Of-Principle; Biomd Options Raise $1.3m, 55% Underwritten Shortfall; Biosignal Consolidates Shares
Apr 6, 2010
US Biosimilars Law 'Good For Biotech' - Mesoblast, Prima; Slow Sales Force Fluorotechnics Fundraising; Canada Approves Uscom Sales; Aust Ethical Quits Genera, Buys Impedimed; IDT Pleads Schultz, H1 Loss To ASX 21% Price Fall Query; Resonance Completes Fibroscan Trial Recruitment; Incitive EGM To Divest Biotech Assets
Apr 1, 2010
Mar 31, 2010
India, Thai Trials Show Biodiem 'Flu Vaccine Safe; YM Biosciences: Good Data Expands (Cytopia) CYT387 Trial; Hunter To Raise $10m, Appoints Jeremy Curnick Cook Director; Taiwan Approves Avita's Recell Wound Treatment; Phosphagenics, Novartis Transdermal Insulin For Fat Pets
  
Mar 30, 2010
Glaxosmithkline's Deborah Waterhouse: No Ordinary Boss; FDA Approves Clinuvel Orphan Status Phase II EPP Trial; US Gene Patent Ruling 'No Impact' On Genetic Technologies; Living Cell Approved To Increase Diabecell Dose; QRX Begins Pharmacokinetic Controlled Release Study; Atcor Signs $1m Pharmaceutical Company Contract 
 
Mar 29, 2010
Immuron Begins Jerusalem Phase II Metabolic Syndrome Trial; China Refuses Helicon, Medwrap Wound Dressing; Progen, Benitec Play Musical CEOs, Directors Chairs; Citrofresh HIV Claims Earn Director Ravi Narain $20k Fine, Ban
   
Mar 26, 2010
Biomd's Adapt Cow-Patch Superior In Rat Hernia Trial; Bionomics Begins BNC105 Phase II Mesothelioma Trial; CSIRO Connects Amyloid Beta, Alzheimer's Memory Loss; Cathrx, LBT Roadshows; Starpharma EGM Backs CEO Dr Jackie Fairley Shares; Circadian Companies Reduce 1.7% In Antisense; Prima EGM To Approve Stock; Cochlear Pleads Schultz To ASX 11% Query
Mar 25, 2010
WEHI Simplifies Compound Screening; Vistech's 7th Funding Round Opens; Hatchtech's Deovo Kills Head Lice Eggs; Fortrend $5m Drawdown For Agenix; Biodiem 11-For-6 Rights Issue To Raise $7.5m; Viralytics Placement To Raise $1.5m, Put Option For $1.1m; Pharmaust's Epichem Partenrs With NZ's IRL On Services; Orbis Buys 8.5m Cheap Chemgenex Shares; CBio Directors Take Distribution Shares 
Mar 24, 2010
Bioguide Brief: Obamacare Good For Our Industry; Teva Dumps Antisense's ATL 1102 For MS - 'Just Business'; Nusep Applies For Spermsep Cartridge Australian Patent; WEHI Identifies Structure Of Insulin's Docking Point; Pharmaust To Raise $256k, Drill For Oil Off Tunisia, Sicily; Immuron Loses Arie Nudel 
 
Mar 23, 2010
FDA Chides Chemgenex On Data, Requires Diagnostic; Bioguide Brief: Chemgenex Dark Cloud, Silver Lining; Mesoblast, Angioblast Decision Nears, CEO Role, Pipeline; Phylogica Looking For Early Stage Deals; Phosphagenics, Quigley $4m OTC JV; Medimmune Licences Four Xenome Peptides; Avexa Releases Detailed ATC Phase III Results; Acuvax $100k Working Capital Placement
Mar 22, 2010
Biotech Benefits From Oneventures'$40m Innovation Fund; Bio-Melbourne Breakfasts On Unused CSL 'Flu Vaccine 
Mar 19, 2010
Alchemia, Emisphere Collaborate On Oral Fondaparinux; Neuren's Perseis Wins $194k Grant For Trefoil Factors; Avexa Repays CSIRO Hepatitis C Loan; Resonance Test For Cardiac Iron Levels; Biosignal Backs Move To Movies With Antimicrobial IP; Viralytics Out Of the Grey and Into The Pink Sheets; Platypus Takes 5% Of Sirtex; Giaconda Sells Myoconda For $928k 
Mar 18, 2010
22 Months For GTG's Geoff Newing For Market Manipulation; Cathrx Rights Issue To Raise Up To $11m; Biotron Appoints Aclires For Hepatitis C Drug Trials; Neurodiscovery Quits Drug Discovery; Fluorotechnics $105k+ Sale To Saudi Arabia; CSIRO's Dr Yogi Kanagasingham Wins E-Health Fulbright
 
Mar 17, 2010
Nusep $5m Rights Issue For Acquisition, Commercialization; Phosphagenics Explains Share Price Volumes To ASX; Living Cell Pleads Schultz To ASX 70% Price Query; Cochlear Appoints Rick Holliday-Smith Chairman; Wilson Reduces 1% In Impedimed; Fermiscan Deed Of Arrangement Executed; OBJ Tells ASX Details Of GSK Deal 'Not Material'
Mar 16, 2010
Eli Lilly's $773m+ For Acrux's Axiron Testosterone Treatment; Bioguide Brief: Here's To Acrux, Its Investors & Aussie Biotech; Cathrx Moots Capital Raising; Fluorotechnics First Swiss Sale 
 
Mar 15, 2010
Pharmaxis Pays Topigen $7.6m Milestone In Shares; Healthlinx Distributor Appoints Advisory Board; Genesis Raises $149k; Biotech Growth In Brisbane Park; Solagran Takes 10% Of Bioprospect 
Mar 12, 2010
Starpharma's Vivagel Safety 'Comparable' To Placebo; Intersuisse Starts New $200m Asia-Pacific Fund; Biomd Passes Bio-Compatability Tests; Benitec's Graham Patent Granted In Japan; Incitive EGM To Become Hawker Oil & Gas; Solagran Claims $39k Russian Sales In 10 Days
Mar 11, 2010
Virax Jumps 35% On Novartis $1bn Transgene Deal; Pharmaxis Completes Asthma Drug Dose Profile; CBio's 75th Patient Triggers $1.1m Novo Nordisk Payment; Michael Quinn Reduces, Dilutes 6% In QRX; Acorn Reduces 1% In Pharmaxis
 
Mar 10, 2010
Russia Approves Living Cell Encapsulation Device; Capital Group Buys 4m More CSL Shares; Impedimed Appoints Dr Walton Taylor Medical Director; YM Bio (Cytopia) Raises $US17.5m 
Mar 9, 2010
Giaconda, AMTI Change Asset, Share Deals; JM Reduces 1% In Halcygen; GBS Reduces 2.7% In Cogstate; Tissue Therapies' Director, Executive Option Plan
 
Mar 8, 2010
AMA Reimbursement Code For Impedimed Test; Chinese Patent For Alchemia's Fondaparinux; Euro Sperm Separation Patent For Nusep 
Mar 5, 2010
Editorial: Changes To S&P Indices - For What It's Worth; Prima Wins Euro SME Status, Applies For Orphan Status; Cathrx Adds Reusables To Products, Moves To Partnerships; Japanese Patent For Xenome's Venom Pain Drug 
Mar 4, 2010
Psivida's Iluvien Efficacy For DME, With Some Safety Issues; Biomd Paediatric Heart Patch Trial 'Confirms Potential'; Eastland Completes Paediatric Malaria Dosing; Biota Completes Maxthera Acquisition; Anteo's Mix&Go Starts With A Bangs
Mar 3, 2010
Cellmid Jumps 39% On Hungarian Cardiac Collaboration; NHMRC $842k Grant To Uni of WA For Neuren's Motiva; US Use-Of-Product Patent For Mesoblast; Phylogica Euro Patent Protects All Phylomer Libraries; Sienna Snares Ross Dobinson; Victoria Gong For Nobel's Prof Elizabeth Blackburn; Stirling Buys $20m Factory For $4m
Mar 2, 2010
Bionomics High Dose BNC210 'Safe, Tolerable'; 'Cytopia Worth 7-Times What We Paid' - YM's David Allan; Eastland Reports Irregularities To ASIC, ASX; Chemgenex Meets FDA's ODAC Mar 22; Halcygen Shows Anti-Fungal Bio-equivalence; Giaconda Irritable Bowel Collaboration
Mar 1, 2010
February BDI-40 Falls, Leads S&P ASX200, Heartware Up 34%, Cathrx Down 47%; Tibotec Drops Avexa HIV Integrase Option; Federal Government Calls For Innovation Fund Applications; Sirtex, Oxford Trial Sir Spheres For Bowel Cancer; CBio Central Eastern European Ethics Approval; Calzada Investigates Chin Fat Drug Piracy Claims; Morgan Stanley Ceases In Prana; Safety Medical Suspended On Accounts; Virax Appoints Tim Cooper Director; Solagran Says H1 'Owed' Sales Takes Revenue Up 242% To $1m
 
Feb 26, 2010
WEHI's $1.75m Winners: Dr Scott, Dr Blewett Focus On Cancer; Component Halts Nanosonics Trophon Delivery; Biodiem Expands Pipeline With New Indications; NHMRC Grants Mental Health Research Institute $14m For Alzheimers; Biomd To Raise $1.3m In Underwritten Options Issue; Avita H1 Revenue Up 22% To $2m, Loss Down 55%; Neurodiscovery 'Services' H1 Profit; Blackrock Takes 5% Of CSL; Bio-Melbourne Workshops 'Tips And Traps' Of Licencing
Feb 25, 2010
Chemgenex $4m Maiden H1 Profit On Hospira Milestone; Compumedics H1 Profit Down 87% To $331k; Cyclopharm 'Record' Profit Up 20% To $2m; Ellex H1 Profit Up 105% To $1.2m; Medical Developments H1 Profit Down 26% To $331k; Healthlinx Completes $1.1m Raising; Virax Pleads Schultz To ASX 37% Price Rise Query; Solagran, Bioprospect Proceed With Animal 'Bioeffectives'
Feb 24, 2010
Healthlinx Up 138% On Ovplex London Launch; Universal Biosensors Maiden $1.4m Profit, Revenue Up 563%; Sirtex H1 Profit Down 17% To $9m, Revenue Up 6%; Australian Patent For Patrys' PAT-CM1 Cancer Drug; Ukrainian Ethics Approval For Stirling's 'Flu Trial
Feb 23, 2010
China's Aoxing Pharma Deal For QRX's Moxduo IV Opioid; Heartware Completes Enrolment, Revenue Up, Loss Down; Prima Places 2.5m Shortfall Shares; Cogstate H1 Profit Down 59% To $527k, Revenue Up 31%
Feb 22, 2010
Federal Government's$38m For Nanotech, Biotech; Advanced Surgical H1 Profit $51k; Resonance H1 Revenue Fall Turns Profit To Loss; Starpharma EGM On 2.2m CEO Shares For Dr Jackie Fairley; Orbis Takes 10% Of Chemgenex; Sydney Nanotechnology Conference 
Feb 19, 2010
CSIRO's 12% Of Polynovo Gives Calzada 100%; Agenix Seeks Funds From Gaoled Ex-CEO Neil Leggett; Fermiscan Shell 4 Sale; Cathrx Jeffrey Goodman Starts On $250k, 1m Options; Peter Vassileff Reduces 4.5% In Pharmaust
Feb 18, 2010
MHRI Connects Zinc Transporter, Alzheimer's, Prana's PBT2; Jeffrey Goodman Replaces Cathrx CEO Neil Anderson; Nusep Acquires US Bioinquire, Profit Forecast Doubled; Agenix's Neil Leggett Gaoled For 9 Years; Incitive Mines Ukrainian Oil, Gas - Biotech Assets in 80% Spin-Off; Probiotec H1 Profit Up 46% To $6.2m; Bone Appoints US COO; GSK Trials OBJ Patch
Feb 17, 2010
Biota H1 Record Profit Up 364% To $34m; CSL H1 Profit Up 23% To $617m; Atcor Sphygmocor Shows Drug Efficacy In Pre-Eclampsia; LBT H1 Revenue Down 90%; Healthlinx Collects Ovarian Cancer Test Samples
Feb 16, 2010
Bioguide Brief: Quattuordecim Dies Horribilis - Avexa, Chemgenex, CBio; Brain Resource Blames Foreign Exchange For Profit Fall; Genetic Technologies Sues Monsanto, 8 Others On Patents; Federal Court: Select's Dr Martin Soust Manipulated Market; Nusep H1 Revenue Up, Loss Down, Maiden 'Operational Profit'; Five Organizations Collaborate On Research 'Bio-Bank'
Feb 15, 2010
Avexa's ATC For HIV Resistance-Free, Efficacious At 144 Weeks; High Court Ends UWA v Dr Bruce Gray (Sirtex) Case; Cellestis H1 Revenue, Profit, Dividend Up; Psivida H1 Revenue Up, Cash Burn Down; CBio Opens Down 50%; Tissue Therapies Chairman Gives 2m Shares To Key Staff; Bio-Melbourne Breakfasts In Prof Michael Cowley, Obesity, Diabetes
Feb 12, 2010
Swedish 10-Year Study Supports Impedimed Care Model; Nanosonics H1 Revenue Up, Loss Down, Appoints Richard England; New Zealand Grants $3m For Living Cell Trial; Bio-Asia Ceased In Neuren In 2008  
Feb 11, 2010
Sirtex, Bayer Schering Collaborate On Liver Cancer; UK Ethics Approval For Healthlinx Ovarian Cancer Study; Correction: Clinuvel; Neuren Partners With Cato, Appoints US Chief Medical Officer; CBio Admitted To ASX; Biosignal Back In Lists, For Now; Polartechnics Goes to The Wall, Shareholders Lose The Lot; Karmelsonix Appointments
Feb 10, 2010
QRX Begins 2nd Phase III Pain Trial; Commercialisation Australia Board Biotech-Experienced; Biosignal Votes On IP Sale, Name, Direction Change; Clinuvel Shelves Two of Five Afamelanotide Indications; Healthlinx names AGR2 As Ovarian Cancer Test Protein; Narhex - Administrators Appointed
  
Feb 9, 2010
Commercialisation Australia: Lack Of Detail, But Apply Now; Chemgenex Dismisses FDA Data Interpretation; Bioguide Brief: Chemgenex, The FDA & Tough Questions; Cochlear Record H1 Profit Up 8% On Revenue Down 2%; Pharmaxis PXS25 Passes Phase I, Completes Topigen Purchase; Computershare UK Resolves Stem Cell Payments; Living Cell Takes 10% Of US Wound Healing Company; Uscom Revenue Up, Loss Down; Ellex Expects Increased Earnings 
Feb 8, 2010
CBio IPO Raises $7m, Opens East Euro Arthritis Sites; OBJ Says Unnamed Company Continues Collaboration; Asia Union Ceases Substantial In Anteo; Andrew Goodall Takes 15% Of Nusep
Feb 5, 2010
Bioguide Brief: Tough Road Ahead For Avexa's ATC; Resmed Record Q2, H1 Revenue, Profit; Biota's Record $33m Relenza Royalty; Taiwan Approves Cellestis Quantiferon-TB Gold in-Tube; Benitec Benefits 130% From Pfizer Option On Tacere; Circadian Companies Reduce 5% In Antisense; Medical Developments Loses CEO Chris Rossidis; Solagran Tells ASX: Expect $17m Sales By Year End
Feb 4, 2010

Avexa's Phase III HIV Trial: Non-Significant ATC Benefit; WEHI Leads Research On Malaria Parasite Protein Target; GTG'S Dr Mervyn Jacobson, Tamara Newing Committed To Trial; Genesis Plan To Raise $485k; Kinetic Ceases Substantial In Nanosonics

 
Feb 3, 2010
Antisense Up 300% On Journal Publication, Patent; Heartware Completes $71m Raising; Phosphagenics Elixia Cosmetics 'Scientifically Proven'; Solagran Requests 'Russian Drug Licence' Trading Halt 
 
Feb 2, 2010
Bionomics Anti-Anxiety Drug Enhances Nerve Cell Growth; Euro Patent For LBT; US Study Backs Atcor Measure For LV Hypertrophy
Feb 1, 2010
January BDI-40: ASX Fall Stretches Biotech Lead - Viralytics Up 100%, Patrys 61%, Mesoblast 50%; Phosphagenics Transdermal Oxycodone Patch 'Success'; Australian Ethical Ceases Substantial In Genera; Genetic Technologies Committal Hearing Begins; Biota: Daiichi Sankyo Applies For Japan LANI Registration; Starpharma, Eli Lilly Human Drug Development Deal; Commercialisation Australia For Bio-Breakfast; Cytopia All But Gone To YM Biosciences; Hunter Hall Takes 35% Of Fluorotechnics
Jan 29, 2010
Computershare Replaces Stem Cell Cheques; Compumedics Sells $929k Grael To Heidelberg; Xceed Raises $1m; USPTO Allows Benitec Graham '099-Related Patent; Biotech Daily Appendix 4C, H1, Final Report Policy; Giaconda Has Little Cash, $250k Loan, Raising Planned; Norwood Abbey Has One Quarter Cash, Coal Deal; Solagran Has One Quarter Cash; Pharmaust Clean Room 4 Sale
Jan 28, 2010
Correction: ASIC, DPP, GTG; Universal Bio's 1st (J&J Lifescan) Product On Dutch Market; Patrys, CSL Collaborate On Antibodies; Virax Raises $1.3m; US Army's $502k For Avita's Recell Wound Treatment; Atcor Revenue Underpins Cash; Heartware $US55m Raising Details; JM Buys Genera, Aust Ethical Sells; Narhex Chairman David Mandel Resigns; Bioprospect Raises $740k
Jan 27, 2010
Bionomics Begins Phase II BNC105 Renal Cell Cancer Trial; Living Cell Warning On Fake Shares; Acrux Submits Axiron Testosterone Application; Heartware Nasdaq IPO To Raise $US50m; Cogstate Record Revenue Up 31%; Anteo Has 2 Quarters Cash, Options Raising Funds; Ausbiotech Not Happy With Notitia Conference 
Jan 25, 2010
Ex-Genetic COO Geoff Newing Pleads Guilty On Shares; Administrators Call OMI Meeting; Two Medical Directors Strengthen Sirtex's US Operations; Dr Peter Farrell, Mel Bridges At innovation Lunch
Jan 22, 2010
FDA Approves Compumedics ' HD-PSG Grael Sleep Diagnostic; Asset Realisation (Stem Cell Sciences) Cheque Pain; TGA Approves Genera Paptype HPV Test; Ellex Launches 'Gentler' Eye Laser In Tokyo; Healthlinx Expands Liverpool Research; Nanosonics Plan Raises $3.6m; Stirling Raises $2m; Prima Appoints Zurich's Matthew Lehman COO 
Jan 21, 2010
Avita Passes ISO Audit For CE Mark; Fluorotechnics Raises $1.8m; Biomd Has Less Than Two Quarters Cash, Proposed Raising 
Jan 20, 2010

Living Cell: Euro Patent, Journal Back NTCell Pig Brain Cells; Eurogentec To Make Tissue Therapies' Vitrogro; Optiscan Chairman Angus Holt Replaces CEO Vicki Tutungi; Cathrx Sales Up, Downgrades Forecast; Genera Requests 'Regulatory' Trading Halt; Unaval Takes 6% Of Virax; Bone Appoints Dr Lee Simon; Bye-Bye Rockeby

Jan 19, 2010
Viralytics Up 200% On Phase I Cavatak Melanoma Success; WEHI, Melbourne Uni Identify Proteins For Malaria Vaccine; Eastland Subsidiary Sale Improves Cash Position $1.8m; Bio-Melbourne Breakfasts On Commercialisation Australia; OBJ Pleads Schultz To ASX 56% Price Query

Jan 18, 2010
Phylogica, Isogenioca Collaborate On Inflammatory Disease; Cytopia Has Left the Building; Pharmaust's $2.7m Property Sale Leaves It Debt Free; Alchemia Tells ASX: Shares Up 15% Pending FDA Decision

 

Jan 17, 2010
Special Summer Catch-Up Edition: Phylogica; OMI; Commercialisation Australia; R&D Tax Credit; Leo-Peplin; Acuvax-Hawaii; Xceed, Calzada, Polynovo; Psivida; Merck-Biodiem; Alchemia; Avexa; FDA-Pharmaxis; Benitec-CSIRO; Uscom; Agenix; Tissue Therapies; Pharmaxis-Topigen; Cytopia-YM Bio; Ante; Probiotec, Biotron 
Jan 4, 2010
2009: Biotechs Climb 5-Times Faster Than ASX200; BDI-20 Up 155%, ASX200 Up 31%, Prima Up 4700%, Biota Up 643%
Dec 18, 2009
Mesoblast Cells Show Diabetes Potential In Mice; Non-Significant Results Take Clinuvel To 2nd PLE Phase III Trial; Viralytics Increases Head, Neck Cancer Dose; Biotech Win In Federal $64m For Fund Managers; Bionomics Appoints Trevor Thiele CFO Co Sec; WEHI Pores Finding Shows Cancer Disease Targets; Ausbiotech Takes 10 To San Francisco Show 
Dec 17, 2009
Editorial: The Year In Review; FDA Sets Feb 2010 Date With Chemgenex; Pharmaxis Applies To TGA For Bronchitol For Cystic Fibrosis; Leon Carr Appeals NSW Court Order; Fluorotechnics Rights Issue To Raise $1.8m; Biotron: BIT225 Cuts HIV Load 99% In Vitro; Ellex Downgrades H1 Revenue Forecast; FDA Grants Clinuvel Additional Orphan Status; Genetic Technologies Evaluates Breast Cancer Test; Correction: Nanosonics; Phosphagenics Insulin Patch 'On-Track For 2010 Trials' 
 
Dec 16, 2009
NSW Judge: Fermiscan's Leon Carr 'Dishonest', Referred To ASIC; Correction: Fermiscan; Immuron Begins Israeli Phase II Insulin Trial; Biota Pleads Schultz To ASX 27% Price Fall Query, ATO Ruling; Wilson HTM Takes 5% Of Nanosonics; Biotech CRCs Win Lion's Share Of $130m, 2010 Round Opens; Virax $1.3m Rights Issue 50% Underwritten; Chinese Parties Fail To Pay, Complete Agenix Deed; Uscom Appoints Prof David Bennett Advisor
 
Dec 15, 2009
Phosphagenics Phospha-E Fails Nestle Fat Trial; Merck Serono Spends $1.6bn On R&D; Impedimed: Asia Distributor, US Legal Action, Escrow Shares; Halcygen Asks Hospira To Transfer Assets To Mayne; Federal Government $50m For Bionic Eye Research; Biomd Tests Adapt Tissue Biocompatibility; Biopharmica's Cortical Dynamics Finishes Monitor Research; Blackrock Takes 5% Of Cochlear; Fermiscan Assets For Sale, Leon Carr In NSW Court 
Dec 14, 2009
Chemgenex In $137m Hospira Non-US Deal; Bioguide Brief: A $137m Positive Signal; Hawaii CEO Files For Bankruptcy Before Acuvax Board Coup; OMI v RTI Retractable Trial Begins In East Texas; Biosignal's $20m To Go To The Movies;  Safety Medical Raises $143k Of $1m; Australian Ethical Takes 8.4% Of Tissue Therapies; Avita Pleads Schultz To ASX 18% Query
Dec 11, 2009
Australian Stem Cell Centre Therapy Handbook; $40k Victorian Young Researcher Awards Open; Biotron's Underwritten $2m Double Option Offer; Cyclopharm US Trial Delay, Wins $2m Clinquest Claim; ASIC Approves Cytopia AGM Delay; Unilife Pleads Schultz To 18.5% Share Price Fall
Dec 10, 2009
CSL's R&D Pipeline Focus On Cardiac, Dental Disease; Living Cell Welcomes NHMRC Advice To Lift Xenotransplant Ban; Biota CEO Peter Cook Defends Tamiflu From BMJ Article; Eastland Governance EGM; Universal Biosensors Banks $17.5m, Ships 1st Glucose Strips; J&J Tibotec Extends Avexa Option 4 Months; Virax Applies For US Patent; Karmelsonix Australian Distributor; Solagran Pleads Schultz To ASX 26% Price Fall Query
Dec 9, 2009
Chemgenex's Omapro Effective In 2nd Phase II/III CML Trial; ASX Approves CBio Listing, IPO Extended; Bionomics' 2nd Phase II BNC105 Trial For Mesothelioma; Clinuvel: Afamelanotide 'Helps GI Cancer Treatment'; Court Approves Cytopia's Toronto Takeover Meeting; Pallane Issues $400k Note, Pursues Diabetes Drug; Karmelsonix Raises $4.5m
Dec 8, 2009
Eastland Reviews Potential ASIC, ASX Breaches; Cathrx Changes Germanic Distributor; FDA Approves Avita's US Recell Trial; Phylogica Raises $2m; Sophie Mirabella Appointed Shadow Innovation Minister; CSL Leadership Changes, CFO Tony Cipa To Retire; Asia Union Takes 8.6% Of Anteo; Xceed Rights issue Raises $1m, George Cameron-Dow M-D  
Dec 7, 2009
CSIRO, Circadian, Monash $15m Protein Facility; Chemgenex CML 81-Patient Omapro Data; Ondek Starts Helicobacter Vaccine Trial;  Nanosonics' $12m Placement, Share Plan; Oversubscribed Tissue Therapies Plan Raises $2.7m; OMI Founder Bruce Kiehne Retires; Court Approves Unilife US Move; Pacific Super Diluted To 8% Of Agenix
Dec 4, 2009
Victorian $1.5m For Breast Cancer Stem Cell Research; Living Cell's 1st NZ Diabetes Patient Reduces Insulin 30%; Biota Joins S&P ASX200; Aust Ethical Takes 7.7% Of Tissue Therapies; Orbis Takes 6.5% Of Avexa; National innovation Principles Adopted  
Dec 3, 2009
Biotech Takes $30m In ARC Grants, $1.5m For Monash Uni; Biopharmica Raises 'About $12m'; US FDA Fast Tracks Virax Licencee; Correction: Advanced Surgical; Karmelsonix India Distributor 
Dec 2, 2009
Pharmaxis: Phase III Bronchitol Benefit For Cystic Fibrosis; Phosphagenics' Phase Ib Oxycodone Trial; Healthlinx Ovarian Cancer Test In UK in 2010; Advanced Surgical Euro, TGA Approvals; Agenix Closer To China Resolution; GSK, Optiscan Appointments To IP Council 
Dec 1, 2009
BDI-40 Up 155% In 12 Months, Up 6.8% In November - ASX200 Up 1.3%; Axing Comet: i) Senator Eric Abetz - 'Just bring Back Commercial Ready'; ii) Ausbiotech's Dr Anna Lavelle - 'An Effective Program Lost'; Progen Appoints Dr John Chiplin Interim CEO; Novogen Loses CEO Chris Naughton; Prima Share Plan Raises $11m; Freiburg Uni Spends $600k On Compumedics' New Kit; Patrys Releases 11.3m Escrow Shares; Genera Appoints Tony Panther CFO 
 
Nov 30, 2009
Federal Government Axes $14m Comet Program; Who Owns Pallane Medical?; Avexa Placement Raises $8m, Share Plan To Raise $3m; QRX Begins Pivotal Phase III Moxduo Pain Trial; Goodbye Metabolic, Welcome Calzada; Federal Government Call For Submissions On Trials; Healthlinx Places $1m; Clinuvel Wins Euro SME Status; Acuvax, Mesoblast AGMs 
 
Nov 27, 2009
Europe Accepts Chemgenex Omacetaxine Application; ASIC Restricts (Dia-B) Pallane's $30m Fortrend Facility; Au Revoir Peplin; Giaconda Dissent On All Resolutions; Cochlear Wins Federal Innovation Gong; Vaxine Wins Cool Award For Non-Virus 'Flu Vaccine; WEHI's Dr Guillaume Lessene Wins $5k Biota Prize; Bioprospect Appoints CEO Peter May COO
Nov 26, 2009
Prima Share Plan Raises $9.6m; Cellmid Raises $4m, CEO Maria Halasz Contract Renewed; Avexa Funding Trading Halt; 2 Progen Directors Go, Board Deal Done; Healthlinx AGM Split On White Knight Stephen Copoulos; 2nd Core Australian Patent For Tissue Therapies Vitrogro; Aust Ethical Down 1% In Genera; Stirling Hopes To Raise $1.5m; Solagran's Dr Soultanov Misses Russia's President Medvedev
  
Nov 25, 2009
Fortrend Investing In Struggling Biotechs; Alchemia Rights Issue To Raise $15.5m For Phase III Trial; Neuren Appoints QRX's Dr John Holaday Director; Genetic Technologies Losies Co-Founder Fred Bart, Gains Tom Bonvino; 2nd Core US Patent For Tissue Therapies; Orbis Takes 8% Of Starpharma; CVC Takes 19% Of Cyclopharm; Living Cell Appoints Peter Hosking
 
Nov 24, 2009
Cytopia Begins Dosing Phase I/II CYT387 Myelofibrosis Trial; Eastland Starts Rwanda Malaria Trial; Biopharmica's ASIC Xmas Eve EGM, Late AGM; Cellmid Funding Trading Halt; Heartware Applies For FDA Destination Therapy Trial; US Patent For Antisense ATL1103, Trial In 2010; Sydney Uni Study Backs Impedimed's Device For Lymphoedema; Tyrian To Launch 2nd Crop Test; Immuron's Arie Nudel Survives AGM; Viralytics AGM; Probiomics Signs Denmark's Hansen Global Distributor
Nov 23, 2009
Tissue Therapies' Fremantle Trial Reduces Venous Ulcers 75%; Fluorotechnics Appoints Protea For North American Sales; FDA Committee Backs Pharmaxis' Aridol Application; Mater Hospital Approves Healthlinx Ovplex Study; Nycomed Distributes Immuron's Travelan; 19% Oppose Psivida's Automatic Stock Increases; 24% Oppose Metabolic's David Kenley, Calzada Approved; Viralytics Appoints Prof Hardev Pandha; Acuvax Appoints Dr Alex Birrell; Prima Appoints Dr Neil Frazer CMO
Nov 20, 2009
Safety Medical Hungarian Deal Change; Share Plan Extended; Advanced Surgical Releases 16.8m Escrow Shares; 20% Oppose Eastland Stock Issue, 13% Oppose CEO; Dia-B Becomes Pallane On ASX; Labtech Changes Name To LBT Innovations
Nov 19, 2009
Progen Settlement Costs $1.8m, Board Seats, Justus Homburg; Bioguide Brief: Progen - More Truce Than Resolution; Vale Narhex's Dr Michael Cohen; Federal Government Gives Yuuwa Capital $20m To Invest $40m; Viralytics 'Knows Nussink, Nussink At All' About 75% Price Rise; Living Cell, Genera AGMs; Nanosonics Pleads Schultz, Good News To ASX Query; Texas Children's Hospital Buys Uscom Device; Virax Passes 2nd Data Safety Board Report; Immuron Appoints Grant Rawlin CEO, Dr Elane Zelcer Director 
 
Nov 18, 2009
Tissue Therapies: 'Outstanding' Vitrogro Ulcer Results; Mesoblast '6-Month Improvement In Heart Muscle Function'; Starpharma Raises $16m For Vaginosis Trial; Neuren Raises $8m For Traumatic Brain Injury Trial; Fermiscan Administrators Appointed; Prima To Develop Oral Cervical Cancer Vaccine; Avexa Loses 6-Month Director Lawrence Gozlan; Avexa, Clinuvel AGMs; Goodbye Medical Therapies, G'Day Cellmid 
Nov 17, 2009
Metabolic Takes 66% Of Polynovo; Xceed's Boron Cuts Costs, Sales Down, New Plant Near Ready; Fluorotechnics Tells ASX: 'Cash Flow Positive In Q1 2010'; Biotron Tells ASX Trials Increased Cash Burn; Bio-Melbourne Breakfasts On Functional Food
Nov 16, 2009
Living Cell Plan To Raise $2m; Fluorotechnics Gels '20% Better Than Competition'; Avexa Pleads Schultz To ASX 21% Price Query, Up 100% In 40 Days; Karmelsonix Distribution Deals; Solagran Chairman Misses AGM To Meet Russian President
Nov 13, 2009
WAIMR Wins $609k Grant For Biopharmica's HLS5; Ellex, CERA Win $540k Victorian Grant For Laser AMD Trial; QRX Rights Issue, Placement Raise $21.6m; Progen-Medigen Case Undecided 
Nov 12, 2009
Biota Acquires $12m Oxford, Boston Anti-Bacterial Pipeline; 5% Oppose Biota Pay Report, Chairman Dr Jim Approved; TGA Unsatisfied With FDA Approval For Acrux's Ellavie; Leo's Peplin Takeover Complete; $1m Aust Stem Cell Center Grants; Medical Therapies, Yamasa Sign Japan Distribution; Mark Fordree Smoothes Fermiscan's Pillow; Impedimed Applies For US Insurance Code
Nov 11, 2009
Cash-Strapped Fermiscan Loses Prof Veronica James Appeal; QRX Placement, Plan Trading Halt; CBIO Ready For $30m IPO; Rwanda Approves Eastland Malaria Trial; Patrys Collaborators Win $300k ARC Grant; Biotron: PNAS Article Supports P7 Hep C Target; Biomd EGM To Issue 30m Shares; Anteo Raises $1m; Verva Appoints Dr Michael Cowley Director
 
Nov 10, 2009
GSK Details Oncology Pipeline, Lung Cancer Vaccine; Universal Biosensors Milestone Earns $17m; FDA Accepts Chemgenex Omacetaxine NDA, Review In 6 Months; Unilife Plan Raises $21.5m; Cytopia's CYT997 'Profound' Vascular Disruption In Mice; Compumedics Germany Wins $200k Innovation Grant; Clinuvel EPP Phase III Trial December Close; Progen-Medigen Legal Fight; Bioprospect Appoints Solagran's Charles Pellegrino M-D
Nov 9, 2009
Acuvax Calls EGM To Roll 2 Hawaii Directors; JM Financial Takes 7% Of Halcygen; Biomd Begins Pelvic Floor Reconstruction Trial; Cyclopharm Installs Macquarie Uni Cyclotron; Resonance Wins Contracts, Increases Exposure; Melbourne Neuroscience Symposium
Nov 6, 2009
Biotech Daily 4th Birthday Editorial; Verva 1c Share Buy-Back; Resmed Q1 Revenue Up 13%, Profit Up 50%; Peplin Votes For Leo Merger, Depart ASX; Mesoblast Claims Bone-Marrow Success; Pharmaust Confirms $2.7m Property Sale; Morgan Stanley Takes 5% Of Prana; Acrux Appoints Credit Suisse
  
Nov 5, 2009
Biota, Daiichi Sankyo Start Phase III 'Flu Preventative Trial; Starpharma US Pesticide Deal; U of WA To Pay Sirtex $3.25m; Senator Kim Carr Opens $1.5m Cellular Imaging Facility; J&J's Tibotec Extends Avexa HIV Option; Heartware Q3 $7.5m Pump Revenue; Genera Placement Raises $2.3m; Optiscan Plan Raises $1.175m; Pokies Bruce Mathieson Takes 8% Of Halcygen  
 
Nov 4, 2009
CEO Interview: Genetic Technologies' Dr Paul MacLeman - The Hottest Seat In Biotech; Phosphagenics' New York Anti-Ageing Cosmetic Launch; 3M To Evaluate OBJ Transdermal; Strong Share Price, $A Prompt Unilife Consolidation Change; Medical Developments 2nd Buy-Back; Solagran Schultz to ASX 30% Query
Nov 3, 2009
Prima Divests 'Non-Core' Panvax Product; Fluorotechnics Germany Wins $230k Innovation Grant; Helicon Halves Share Plan To $500k; Start-Up Takes 28% Of Bionomics
Nov 2, 2009
BDI-20 Up 134% For Year, Up 9.5% In October - ASX200 Down 2.1%; Hadassah Uses Immuron Colostrum For Fatty Livers; St George Joins Viralytics Cancer Trial; Novogen Withdraws Options, Remuneration Rolled; Cytopia Leaves Labs For St Kilda Rd; Peplin Votes On Leo Merger; Progen AGM Depends On Legal Action; Innovation Loses Adviser Tim Murphy To GSK; Rockeby AGM Votes To Delist
 
Oct 30, 2009
Advanced Surgical Sells Knee To Stryker For $3m; Avita Maiden Cash Flow Positive Quarter; Agenix Dumps Director Jonathan Zhang; Grant Makes Neuren Cash-Flow Positive, Schultz To ASX; Cash-Strapped: Bone, Fluorotechnics, Fermiscan, Giaconda, IM Medical, Solagran, Stirling; Rockeby Liquidates Subsidiaries
 
Oct 29, 2009
Victoria $3m For ATEC Breast Reconstruction, $750k For Healthlinx; Pharmaxis Files EU Bronchitol CF Application; Biota Earns $24m Relenza Royalty; Medical Therapies Licences Midkine To Celera; Royal Adelaide Joins Viralytics Cancer Trial;  Circadian Fights ARK Over VEGF-D; Compumedics German Sales Increase; David Rosa Replaces Sunshine Heart CEO Don Rohrbaugh; Chemgenex Votes On 2.2m CEO Options; Starpharma Withdraws 1.9m CEO Shares, Cites Tax Liability; JM Takes 5% Of Genera
Oct 28, 2009
Heart Risk Identified With Atcor's Sphygmacor; Living Cell Calls For End To Xenotransplant Ban; W.H.O. Licences Biodiem LAIV; Stirling Plan Raises $1.6m; Safety Medical To Raise $1m; Halcygen AGM Backs Mayne Merger, Board Stock Opposed; Victoria Expedites Approvals; Evado Launches Trial Management Software; Ausbiotech, GSK, Biota, PM Gongs - Dr Greg Collier, Dr Michael Cowley
Oct 27, 2009
Ausbiotech Conference Opens With Emphasis On Government Investment; Bionomics Phase I Anxiety Drug BNC210 'Safe, Tolerated'; Biotron Has One Quarter Cash; Unilife Brand Name Change; 'Positive Results' From Living Cell Russian Trial; Federal Government Inquiry To 'Boost Clinical Research'; Dr Bruce Gray Divides Sirtex AGM Again
 
Oct 26, 2009
Bio-Sciences, Biotech Win $85m ARC Grants; Unilife Wins $5.6m Pennsylvania State Grants; Impedimed Releases 7.5m Escrow Shares; Fluorotechnics Releases 361k Shares; Acuvax Plan Raises $164k; Ausbiotech On-Track For Conference Start; Fermiscan Trading Halt 
Oct 23, 2009
Pharmaxis Phase III Bronchitol Trial Starts; Lymphoedema Journal Review Backs Impedimed Test; Genetic Tech Distributes Rosetta Tests;  Ellex Launches Eye Cubed Diagnostic; Healthlinx Collaborators; Solagran Slashes Ropren Sales Price; Stirling Inhaler Deal
Oct 22, 2009
Psivida's Brachysil Halts Pancreatic Tumors In 6-Patient Trial; Anteo Raises $865k; Progen Legal Action To Prevent Board Spill; 20% Oppose Pharmaxis CEO Options; Metabolic Votes On Name Change To Calzada; Japanese Patent For Prima; Incitive To Raise $750k 
Oct 21, 2009
Federal Government Unveils 'Commercialization Australia'; Editorial: 'Radical Media Release, Fabulous Logo'; Liberal Senator Eric Abetz: 'Bring Back Commercial Ready'; Ausbiotech, Bio-Melbourne - Mixed Responses; QRX China Snake Venom Deal Done; Cochlear AGM Dissent
Oct 20, 2009
Evado Supports Malaysian Bowel Cancer Screen; Capital Increases In CSL; Cathrx Pleads Schultz To ASX 117% Query; Living Cell Directors Win Options With Cash
 
Oct 19, 2009
Sirtex Maiden Dividend; Tissue Therapies Raises $5m, Plan For $1.5m; Cytopia Opens 4th Glioma Trial Centre; Immuron Pays Ex-CEO Dr Zeil Rosenberg $65k; Bioprospect Tells ASX 'Update Pushed Price 52%'
Oct 16, 2009
Bionomics Anxiety Drug BNC210 'Non-Addictive' In Rats; Prima 15c Share Plan To Raise $5m; Clinuvel AGM; Labtech Name Change AGM; Genesis EGM  
Oct 15, 2009
Becton Dickson, Tyrian Part Company On TB Test; Psivida Completes 2-Year Phase III DME Follow-Up; Progen's PG545 'Limits Spread Of Cancer'; Pharmaxis PXS25 Begins Phase I Lung Fibrosis Trial; Compumedics Launches Sominilin SPAP For Sleep Apnoea; TGA Approves Genera's Manufacturing; Bone Files US IND For Osteoarthritic Pain; Medical Therapies Vote On Name, $3m Raising, 9m Options
Oct 14, 2009
Monash, Neural Diagnostics Automate Psych Diagnoses; CSL Investors Back AGM Resolutions, 5% Dissent; Nobilon Begins Biodiem Intranasal 'Flu Vaccine Trial; Avexa Pleads Schultz To ASX 19% Query, Up 73% In Week; Psivida Votes On 'Incentive' Shares; ASX: $1.02 Floor Under Mesoblast 'Unusual, Not Manipulative'; Karmelsonix Votes On 159m Shares; Greg West Returns As Fermiscan Co Sec 
 
Oct 13, 2009
Circadian Produces Anti-Cancer Compound; Incitive Ditches V-Patch Acquisition; UK Approves Halcygen Anti-Fungal PK Study; Countdown To Ausbiotech's 2009 Conference  
Oct 12, 2009
Antisense ATL1103 Ready For Acromegaly, Retinopathy Trials; Biota Takes Off: 33.5c To $3.15 In 9 Months; Patheon Makes QRX's Moxduo CR For Trials; Helicon Plan To Raise $1m; Tyrian Votes On 5.5m CEO Rights; Starpharma Votes On 1.9m CEO 'Appreciation Shares'; Medical Therapies Snares Arana's Robin Beaumont 
 
Oct 9, 2009
CBio Raises $10m, Ready For ASX IPO, XToll Arthritis Trials; Fermiscan's Future Very Uncertain; Cathrx 3-Month Sales Best Yet, Below Target; Apollo Reinstated; BAM 'Short Sells' 2.4% Of Prana; Link Reduces 1% In Prima; Acuvax-Hawaii Expects $1m In 2009
  
Oct 8, 2009
Bionomics Share Plan Raises $2.2m; Viralytics Accelerates Head, Neck Cancer Recruitment; Prima Pleads Schultz To ASX 87% Query; Eastland Pleads Schultz To 27% Query; Rockeby Reinstated To Delist; OMI Files Accounts, Remains Suspended
Oct 7, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Despite Price, Cytopia-YM Deal Good For Both; Living Cell Implants 1st NZ Diabetes Pig Cell Patient; UWA Takes Sirtex's Dr Bruce Gray 'Duty To Invent' To High Court; Unilife Places $32m, Share Plan To Raise $10m More; Optiscan Plan To Raise $1.5m 
 
Oct 6, 2009
Toronto's YM Biosciences Buys Cytopia For $14m; Biotron's High-Dose BIT225 Reduces Hep C Viral Loads; Prof Blackburn's Nobel Good For Sienna; Cogstate Seals $4m In 3 Months; Sciclone Halts Acuvax RP101 Pancreatic Ca Trial; Heartware Increases Trial Sites; Labtech's First Microstreak Royalty; Patrys Buys Gastric Cancer Antibody; Benitec Option On 5 T-Cell Programs; Medical Therapies, Kumamoto Uni Collaboration 
  
Oct 5, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Crunch Time For Avexa's Apricitabine; Dia-B's New Board Will Pursue Winteray; Fortrend's $30m To Keep Dia-B Biotech; Healthlinx' $7m Springtree Note; Genetic Tech Appoints Dr Malcolm Brandon Director; Helicon Back As Biotech, Gold Miner
Oct 2, 2009
Avexa Closes Phase III HIV Trial For Early Registration; Phosphagenics Plan Raises $7m; Helicon Branches Into Gold, Copper Mining; Fermiscan $4.5m Loss, Mark Fordree New CEO, Executive Leon Carr Goes
Oct 1, 2009
September BDI-40 Up 15%, Up 64% In 12 Months - 20 x S&P ASX 200; Benitec, Cancer Institute Collaborate On Lung Cancer; Peplin To Vote On Leo Takeover; OMI, Rockeby Suspended On Accounts; OBJ Transdermal Claims 
Sep 30, 2009
Optiscan Trials World's First Dual High Definition Microscope; Resonance Develops Faster Liver Test; Novogen's NV-128 Safe, High Anti-Cancer Activity In Mice; Psivida High Dose Steroid Efficacy; Labtech's New Lab Solution; Uscom Raises $1m  
Sep 29, 2009
Acrux Phase III Testosterone 'Success', Deal In 12 Months; Safety Medical - The Directors' Cut; Optiscan Pleads Schultz To ASX 89% Price Jump Query; JP Morgan Below 5% Of QRX Pharma; All Change At Norwood Abbey For China Coal Co 
 
Sep 28, 2009
Halcygen Votes On 100m Mayne Pharma Shares, Share Plan; Bio-Melbourne Master Class On Grant Writing; JP Morgan Reduces 2.6% In QRX Pharma
Sep 25, 2009
Halcygen ($30m) Buys Back The Mayne Pharma ($300m+); Bioguide Brief: Why Is Halcygen Buying Mayne Pharma?; Agenix Files 2007-'08 Accounts; Dissent On Director Shares At Biodiem AGM; Uscom UK Launch October 1; Prima Pleads Schultz To ASX 27% Price Jump Query; Fermiscan Director Leon Carr Goes 
 
Sep 24, 2009
Acrux Estradiol Euro-Deal Could Earn $25m; Psivida Starts Secondary Macular Oedema Iluvien Trial; QRX Snake Venom Alliance With China's Nuokang; Sunshine Heart Rights Issue Raises $8m; Compumedics' German Sales Up; Bioprospect Appoints Leo 'The Gun' Khouri Director; FDA Clears Karmelsonix Wheezometer 
Sep 23, 2009
Probiotec To Raise $12m, Directors, Management Sell-Down; Aviva Takes 6% Of Mesoblast; Asia Union Takes 9% Of Cogstate; Living Cell Appoints Bob Finder, David McAuliffe Directors; Fermiscan Loses Gary Garton
Sep 22, 2009
Infection Risks Increase Nanosonics Demand; Nanosonics Pleads Old News To ASX 22% Price Query; Mesoblast Enrolls 2nd Cardiac Stem Cell Arm; $14.5m NSW Heart Facility; Viralytics Completes 2nd Phase I Melanoma Trial; Neuren Schultz To ASX 46% Price Query 
Sep 21, 2009
C-Pulse Improves Sunshine Heart Patients; Safety Medical's $42m Hungarian Venture; Immuron HIV Trial Recruited; Cancer Research Exits Sirtex; Acuvax Plan To Raise $5m; Anteo $1m Rights Issue; Biosignal Raises $900k
 
Sep 18, 2009
Pharmaxis 2nd Phase III Cystic Fibrosis Trial 'Fully Recruited'; Biopharmica's Mining Option; Federal Government's R&D Tax Credit Consultation Call; Dr Terry Cutler Appointed  CSIRO Deputy Chair 

Sep 17, 2009
FDA Clears CSL Swine 'Flu Vaccine; US NIH $1.4m For Starpharma; Compumedics' China DEal; Acuvax $488k Placement; Ian Chalmers, Mark Fordree Join Fermiscan

Sep 16, 2009
Patrys' PAT-SM6 Halves Colon Cancer Metastases In Mice; Asset Realisation (Stem Cell Sciences) Delists, Departs ASX
Sep 15, 2009
Marc Sinatra's Bioguide: Genera Needs Right Paptype Partner; Phosphagenics Claims World's First Transdermal Oxycodone; Changing Avita's Image; Progen-Medigen Fight For Feb 2010; BAM Takes 13% Of Prana
   
Sep 14, 2009
Biotech Post $68m Profit On $464m Revenue; Norwood Abbey Turns Into Chinese Coal Company
 
Sep 11, 2009
CSL's Low-Dose 'Flu Vaccine's 'Robust Immune Response'; CSL Votes On $17m More Free Shares For CEO Dr Brian McNamee, CFO Tony Cipa; Healthlinx, Mater Collaborate On Ovarian Cancer; Biopharmica Invests In Oil& Gas; Pharmaxis AGM; Hunter Hall Takes 27% Of Fluorotechnics 
Sep 10, 2009
Phosphagenics' Diclofenac Reaches The Parts Voltaren Can't; Mesoblast Stem Cells Repair Sheep Discs; Bionomics AGM For $15m Raising; Federal R&D Tax Credits Bill; Pfizer, Merck, GSK At Bio-Melbourne Show; IM Medical Reappoints CEO; Solagran Pleads Schultz To ASX 46% Price Jump Query 
Sep 9, 2009
Chemgenex FDA NDA 'Australian First'; Bioguide Brief: Chemgenex ASX's 'Most Undervalued Biotech'; Cochlear Pays $US25m On Road to Total Hearing Implant; Prana's Mystery $6m Man; Fluorotechnics Raises $1.23m; Victoria's $500k Biotech Partnering Program; Future Fellowships; Progen Defines PG11047 Dose; Immuron, Hadasit Ready For Immunotherapy Trials
Sep 8, 2009
Sirtex's Dr Bruce Gray Wins 'No Duty To Invent' Case; Spruson & Ferguson:  IP Genie Unbottled; Bionomics Raises $12.8m, Plan To Raise $2.2m; Medical Therapies' Midkine Boosts Breast Cancer Tests; PNK Takes 31% Of Patrys
Sep 7, 2009
Benitec, China's Biomics Begin Hep B ddRNAi Collaboration; Circadian Licences VEGF Rights To Perkinelmer; Uscom Plan To Raise $1.26m
 
Sep 4, 2009
FDA Greenlights Cochlear Nucleus 5 Launch, Cytopia Phase I/II CYT Myelofibrosis Trial; Support For Genera's Paptype HPV Test; Uscom's US Pacemaker Patent
  
Sep 3, 2009
Leo Pharma Bids $348m For Peplin; Bioguide Brief: Peplin Not A 5-Banger, Any More; Fed Gov, Start-Up, Starfish $10m For Bionomics, Mimetica; Sirtex SIR-Spheres Improve Liver Cancer Treatment; Acrux Bullish On Testosterone Trial; Cathrx Euro Distributor
 
Sep 2, 2009
W.H.O. Licences Biodiem's LAIV For Pandemic Plan; Tyrian Delivers 500 Wheat Scanners To Bayer; Prima's South Korean Patent; Suspense Over For Heartware, OMI; Ausbiotech Course on Monte Carlo Valuations; Eastland Loses CFO, Co Sec
 
Sep 1, 2009
August BDI-40 Up 7%, Benitec Up 90%, Heartware 80%; Heartware, OMI Suspended On Accounts; $1m For Aust Stem Cell Centre; Unilife Nasdaq Listing; Ventracor Unplugged; Biodiem Benefits From US-Russian Collaboration
Aug 31, 2009
Clinuvel's Pre-emptive Extra Euro Phase III Trial; FDA OKs Prima Phase IIb Ovarian Cancer Trial; Biodiem Completes Phase I 'Flu Vaccine Recruitment; Unilife $13m Profit, Revenue Up 869% To $40m; Tyrian Raises $5m; CBio To Raise $6m, List On ASX, Restart Trial, Avita Loss Down 58%, Revenue Up 67% To $3m; Pharmaust Loss Down 97%, Revenue Up 25% To $4m; Benitec Japan Patents
Aug 28, 2009
UK Requires Further Halcygen Trial; Sirtex Profit Up 1406% To $18m, Revenue Up 88% To $74m; Resonance $617k Maiden Profit; Imugene $650k Maiden Profit; Stirling Invests In Drug Delivery; Uscom Revenue Up 53% To $2m, Halves Loss; Solagran Director For Bioprospect
Aug 27, 2009
Prima Explains Ovarian Cancer Vaccine; Victoria's $26m For Medical Research Facilities; Ellex $22.6m 'Goodwill' Loss, Revenue Up 16% To $58m; Cyclopharm H1 Loss, Revenue Down 1% To $4m; Medical Developments Profit Down 9%, Revenue Down 5%; Immuron's 47m Shares For Hadasit 
 
Aug 26, 2009
Biomd Prepares Phase II Pelvic Floor Reconstruction Trial; Acuvax-Hawaii Begin Phase I Dengue Fever Trial; Advanced Surgical $1m Loss, Revenue Down 10% To $6.4m; $600k For 3 NSW-China Collaborations; Phylogica's 'Multiple Advanced Big Pharma Negotiations'; Healthlinx Backs Healthscope Acquisition 
 
Aug 25, 2009
QRX Morphine-Oxycodone Beats Paracetamol-Oxycodone; Mesoblast's Angioblast Raises $10m; Japan Patent For Circadian-Vegenics' VEGF-C; Cellestis Record Profit Up 391% To $8m, Revenue Up 80% To $35m; Cogstate's $1.4m Maiden Profit; Three Biotechs Win $70k Comet Grants
  
Aug 24, 2009
Editorial: ASIC Acquires ASX Powers - Now For Transparency; Two Patrys Compounds Ready For Human Trials; Medical Therapies Cardiac Stent Euro-Patent; Human Embryonic Stem Cells Glow Red Becoming Blood
Aug 21, 2009
Biotech Daily Call To Arms For Federal Funding; Terra Rossa Injects $1.25m Into Acuvax, Closer To Hawaii; Heartware Implants 50th Patient; Oversubscribed Immuron Plan Raises $1.3m; Phylogica Appoints Ex-Psivida CEO Gavin Rezos Investor Relations Adviser; Neurodiscovery CEO Chris Moyses Resigns
Aug 20, 2009
Euro Data-Set Backs Biopharmica Anaesthesia Algorithm; Verva, Isis Collaborate On Antisense Fat Drug; Anteo, Diosion Collaborate On Antibodies; Virax Completes Phase I/IIa HIV Trial Recruitment; Probiotec Profit Up 41% To $9m; Atcor Loss Down, Revenue Up 32% To $87m
Aug 19, 2009
Biota Back In $38m Profit, Revenue Up 85%, Hunter Hall Increases To 13%; CSL Profit Up 63% To Record $1.1bn; FDA Go Ahead For Bone Phase III Osteoporosis Trial; Mesoblast's Angioblast Raises $7-10m; Peplin Completes 2nd Phase III AK Trial Enrolment; Immuron's Bioguard In HIV G-I Trial 
Aug 18, 2009
Heartware Raises $6.1m More; Key Australian Patent For Labtech Microbiol Streaking; IDT Profit Down 10% To $6.4m; Impedimed CFO Role Relocates To US, Phil Auckland Resigns  
 
Aug 17, 2009
FDA Clears Mesoblast Phase II Lumbar Spine Fusion Trial; China OKs Avita Recell, Helicon Distributor; Patrys Underwriter PNK Takes Most Of $5m Plan; Antisense ATL1101 Suppresses Resistant Prostate Tumors; Pharmaust Sells Factory, 'Will Be Debt Free' 
 
Aug 14, 2009
Call For Commercialization Submissions; Senator Abetz: CCI 'A Farce', Bring Back Commercial Ready; Neuren Plan Raises $815k; Agenix Receives $87k China Payment 

Aug 13, 2009
Phosphagenics' Option On Metabolic's AOD9604 To Rub Away Fat; Immuron Jumps 210% On Big Pharma 'Flu Talks; US Army Pays Avita $480k, Pilot Study Results; Biota Returns $20m - 11c Per Share; Viralytics 12 Patients To Go For 3 Trials; Phosphagenics Plan To Raise Up To $9m; Dia-B, Pallane Merger Dead  
 

Aug 12, 2009
Biotechs Raise More Than $300m In 7 Months; Biopharmica Up 10-Fold In 3 Days, Share Plan, Spin Out; Paul Keating's Brain Resource $4.2m Maiden Profit; Acuvax's Hawaii Wins $3.5m Encephalitis Grant; Genesis Raises $380k; Unilife Begins US Syringe Production 
Aug 11, 2009
Heartware Raises $66m, Cherry Picks Ventracor; Cochlear Record Profit Up 13% To $130.5m, Revenue Up 15%;Xenome Collaboration On Receptor Modulators; Pallane's Winteray Welshes On Dia-B Deal; Immuron Prepares Animal, Human 'Flu Studies; Labtech Profit Down, Royalties En Route  
Aug 10, 2009
Vale Living Cell's David Collinson; Astrazeneca Dumps Biota RSV Drug; Biota LANI Phase III Success; Metabolic Cuts Program, Polynovo To Stand Alone; Biopharmica Takes All Of HLS5, Develops Anti-Mitotic Drug; Sunshine Heart Trial, Placement, Rights Issue; TGA Approves Advanced Surgical Device; Agenix Raises $1m
 
Aug 7, 2009
Optiscan's Confocal Microscope 'Exquisite' In Neurosurgery; Resmed Profit Up 33% To $175m; Bio-Melbourne Finding Grants 
 
Aug 6, 2009
Fermiscan, Prof Veronica James Await Appeal Decision; Neurodiscovery Signs $520k Deal 
Aug 5, 2009
Mesoblast's Angioblast Begins US Cardiac Stem Cell Trial; Editorial: Ausbiotech, Aspermont And Independent Journalism; Genesis' $1m RNAi Collaboration; Novogen Licences NV-128 To Marshall Edwards; 'Key' Prana Patent; Prima EGM Dissent
 
Aug 4, 2009
Immuron's Cow Colostrum Kills H1N1 'Flu Variant In Mice; Biotron Completes Hep C Trial Dosing; Progen Sues Medigen Clique; Healthlinx: 'Ovplex Superior Ovarian Cancer Test'
Aug 3, 2009
July BDI-40 Up 10%, Biota, Prana, Novogen, Labtech Up >50%; Optiscan's New Hoya-Pentax Deal; US FTC Kills Thoratec's Heartware Bid; Starpharma's Vivagel 'Active To 24 Hrs'; Dia-B Asks Winteray To Underwrite 'Substantial Shortfall'; Benitec Appoints Fermiscan's Dr Peter French CSO
  
July 31, 2009
Polartechnics No Cash, Voluntary Administration, Suspension; Biosignal Goes To The Movies, Nasdaq Notice On Commonwealth Bio; Benitec Raises $215k; Tyrian Rights Issue To Raise $5m; U of Sydney Exits Medical Therapies; Running On Empty: Bone, Neuren, Incitive, Fluorotechnics, Giaconda, Stirling, Safety Med
  
July 30, 2009
US FTC Challenges Thoratec Heartware Takeover; Prima Applies For US Phase IIb Ovarian Cancer Trial; Healthlinx Up 280% On Ovarian Cancer Test CE Mark; Ondek's Prof Barry Marshall Wants $10m For H Pylori Vaccine; Living Cell Raises $4.2m
 
  
July 29, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Dia-B, Pallane Fully Underwritten, Not; Cogstate's 1st Cash Positive Year, Revenue Up 122% To $8.4m; Cyclopharm, Macquarie Prince Alfred Joint Venture; 4Cs, Trading Halts 
 
July 28, 2009
OMI: 'From Bleeding Edge To Leading Edge'; Impedimed: Nth Carolina Specifies Cover; Uscom's Maiden Cash Flow Positive Quarter; Pallane, Dia-B Shortfall; Michael Spooner Replaces Dr Richard Opara At Hawaii; Victoria, Smorgon Prizes; Deck Chair Takes 17% Of Incitive 
July 27, 2009
Two Sunshine Heart Patients Complete 3 Month Tests; Imugene Swine Flu Vaccine For Swine 
July 24, 2009
Biosignal Sells IP For $3.2m; Fermiscan Breast Cancer Trial In Egypt
  
July 23, 2009
Tissue Therapies' Trouble In Toronto, New Improved Vitrogro; Peplin Begins 2nd Non-Head Lesion Phase III Trial; Mesoblast Applies For Bone Fracture Trial; QRX Starts Phase II I-V Moxduo Pain Trial; GSK Triples Relenza Capacity, Pays Biota $9m Royalty 
July 22, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Prima's $25.5m Convertible Note; CSL Begins Swin Flu Vaccine Trial; Virax HIV Drug 'A New Mechanism'; Curiouser & Curiouser - ASX Queries IDT Governance 
 
July 21, 2009
Prima's $25.5m Convertible Note; Compumedics Profit Up 217% To $2.4m; Stirling's Management 
July 20, 2009
Stirling Journal On Herbal TB/HIV Remedy; Phosphagenics Cosmetics Deal With Metier Tribeca; Genera Passes TGA Audit; Aust Stem Cell centre 'Supports' Dr Livesey, Dr Traianedes; Avita's $5m Fortrend Draw-Down Facility
 
July 17, 2009
Taiwan Wins 3 Progen Seats, But Not Control; China Pays $91k, Not $2.8m; Narhex Prepares To Resume Operations; OMI $63m Deal, $6m Raising; Immuron's Dr Zeil Rosenberg Resigns
  
July 16, 2009
Polartechnics Merger Buried, Fermiscan Loses M-D, CFO; Biomd Up 129% On Safety Data; Cogstate Profits From Weaker Dollar; Prana: PBT Improves Age-Related Cognition In Mice
July 15, 2009
Clinuvel's Afamelanotide 'Effective In Solar Urticaria Pilot Study'; OMI Revises Revenue Forecast
July 14, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Delist Or Not Delist; CSIRO, Avexa $2m Hep C Collaboration; Benitec, China's Biomics Hep B Collaboration; Cochlear Expects Lower Record Profit; Medigen Takes 8.5%, CCH 5% Of Progen; Biodiem Appoints Julie Phillips CEO
July 13, 2009
US Study: Uscom Can Cut ICU Fluid Use By 50%; Acuvax Adelaide Subsidiary; Pharmaxis Quits Nasdaq; Biosignal Related-Party IP Sale; Norwood Trims Sails For Trading
July 10, 2009
New Analysis Backs Prana Alzheimer's Data; Dream Pharma Sells Acrux's Ellavie In South Africa; Nanosonics Approved In Israel, FDA Review; Cathrx Raises $6.9m; Neuren Plan To Raise $2.3m Evado Software In Asia
 
July 9, 2009
Vistech Has $US4m For R&D; Viralytics Part Converts Note, Places 700k Options; Solagran Appoints Justyn Stedwell Company Secretary
July 8, 2009
Novogen's Phenoxodiol 'Kills Proliferating T-Cells'; Living Cell's Pig Brain Cells 'Help Prevent Hearing Loss'; Monash Uni 'Proves' Obesity Type 2 Diabetes Link; Sirtex Profit Up 640%; South African Patent For Biomd Patch; Dia-B Shrinks Shares 20:1
 
July 7, 2009
CSL, Cancer Biology Test AML Drug; Peplin Phase III Recruited; Medical Therapies Raises $550k; Dr Bruce Gray's Sirtex Coup Fails, Again; NSW $17m Land-For-Cash-For-R&D Deal
July 6, 2009
Living Cell Opens Russian Subsidiary; Ex-Immuron CEO Dr Zeil Rosenberg Claims $500k
July 3, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Progen - A New Train Coming? Dr Micah Atkin, Fermiscan Win Next Big Thing
July 2, 2009
Bionomics Selects Dose For BNC105 Renal Cancer Trial; 'Jilted' Polartechnics Takes 22% Of Fermiscan; Living Cell Opens Pig Breeding Facility; Acorn Exits Neuren, Reduces In Cytopia
 
July 1, 2009
Year To June 30 BDI-20 Up 32%, Biotechs Raise $30m/month; Neuren Jumps 170% On US Army $17m; Progen Changes Board, Licences PI-88, Keeps CEO Justus Homburg; $30m Unilife Sanofi-Aventis Deal; Safety Medical Sells Bagot Press; Viralytics Options Raise $915k; CE Mark For Cathrx Loop Catheter
June 30, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Strapped For Cash And The Wedding's Off; Ferrier Hodgson: Ventracor investors 'Get Nothing'; USPTO Contests Genetic Technologies' Patent; Impedimed Raises $7m; Pharmaxis Plan Raises $7.2m; Dr Cherrell Hirst Joins Tissue Therapies; Lawrence Gozlan Joins Avexa
June 29, 2009
Report Kills Fermiscan-Polartechnics Merger; Phosphagenics Transdermal Opioid Passes 1st Safety Test; Dia-B Investors Back Pallane Takeover; Chemgenex Quits Nasdaq, Downsizes Board; Prima Plan Raises $165k Of Expected $1m
June 26, 2009
Euro Dataset Hopes For Biopharmica Collaboration; Eastland Raises $3.2m; Advanced Surgical Signs Distributor; Goodnight Stem Cell; Stirling Hopes To Buy Milpharma, Securites & Investment Takes 19%' Dia-B Pallane Offer Extended One Month
June 25, 2009
Editorial: ASX In Wonderland III - Corporate Regulation; Bionomics Begins Phase I BNC210 Anxiolytic Trial; Polartechnics Takes 21% Of Fermiscan; CEO Sze Wee Tan Quits Rockeby
June 24, 2009
NZ Approves Living Cell Xenotransplant Type 1 Diabetes Trial; Mesoblast Claims Early Bone Marrow Transplant Success
 
June 23, 2009
Cytopia Applies For US Phase I/II CYT387 Myelofibrosis Trial
June 22, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Dia-B, Pallane & A Flea In The Ear; Incitive Changes Horse From Bromelain To V-Patch; Ventracor Administrators Sale Fail - Liquidation; Acrux Signs 1st Menopause Spray Euro Licence; Stirlin Word-Of-Mouth Mongolian Sales Growth
 
June 19, 2009
CSL Evaluates Phosphagenics' Transdermal Technology; US Court Tells Vivus To Start Acrux Trial; Living Cell 3 Months To NZ Xenotransplant Trial; Agenix Asks Investors To Find $1m
June 18, 2009
Editorial: Biotechs, The Law & Matters Of Principle; 2nd EU Orphan Status For Clinuvel; Antisense's ATL1101 Enhances Prostate Chemo; Novogen's Closed Phase III - Results In 6 Months; Wilson HTM Takes 9% Of Cathrx; Verva Completes $2m Funding
June 17, 2009
Cathrx Human Trial Of Irrigated Ablation Catheter; Virax Half-Way In HIV Trial; Farjoy Takes 15% Of Clover Corp; Immuron Plan To Raise $900k
June 16, 2009
Pharmaxis: Bronchitol Reduces Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbations; Ventracor Winding Up, Directors Go; Psivida Drug Useful For More Indications; US, Australian Patents For Cytopia Compounds; Cathrx Signs Corizon; Impedimed Wins UK Breast Cancer Clinic
June 15, 2009
Patrys Animal Trial Paves Way To Human Anti-Cancer Study; US Patent For Fluorotechnics, Office Move; Compumedics Germany Signs $300k Contracts
June 12, 2009
It's Over: Cephalon Takes Arana; Polartechnics Offers 3-For-2 Share Offer For Fermiscan; Viralytics $7.4m Note For Cavatak; QIC Quits Tyrian
June 11, 2009
Proof-Of-Concept For Biota's Human Rhinovirus Challenge; Chemgenex Drug Extends Patients' Lives, Mechanism Of Action; Fermiscan Appeals Inventor Case; Virax Licencee Transgene In FDA Phase III Trial
June 10, 2009
Biomd: Independent US Validation Of Adapt; Progen Board Spill; Biosignal CFO Robert Vickery Last To Leave; German Dispute Over For Genetic Technologies
June 9, 2009
CSL Quits Talecris, Cites US-FTC; FDA Requires Extra Peplin Phase III Trial; Chemgenex's Omacetaxine Effective For Multiple Resistant Leukemia, Kills Stem Cells
 
June 5, 2009
Cytopia Loses Novartis JAK3 Funding, Cuts 18 Staff; Fermiscan Loses Dr Veronica James Case, $1.4m Costs; $83m Federal Innovation Fund Opens; Linkage Grants
June 4, 2009
Pharmaxis Raises $47m; Acrux South Africa Ellavie Deal; Avexa Picks Low-Dose ATC For Phase III HIV Trial; Stemcells Inc Shuts Down Stem Cells Australia; Sirtex' Bruce Gray Rolls Board Dice, Again
June 3, 2009
Nanosonics Launches Trophon In Europe; Compumedics 'Grael' Wins Powerhouse Gong; Bone Loses M-D Troels Jordansen
June 2, 2009
Sirtex SIR-Spheres 'Significant Benefit' To Cancer Patients; Chemgenex: More Positive Omacetaxine Data; Biopharmica, Laing Screen For Floppy Baby Syndrome; Acrux: Rivals Woes Broker Reports Push Price 18%; Eastland Notes Raise $1.75m
June 1, 2009
Six Months Of Biotech Growth - BDI-20 Up 93%; Cepjalon Has 80% Of Arana; Immuron Hadasit, Placement EGM; Viralytics' $US6m Note Impacts Options Offer; Box Hill Bio-Skills Courses
May 29, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Dia-B Pallane Merge For '$100m' Viral Test Co; Bionomics Phase I BNC105 Cancer Trial 'Shows Safety, Some Efficacy'; US Pays CSL $230m For Novel H1N1 Vaccine; Australia Ups Relenza Stocks; Immuron Cuts US Costs
May 28, 2009
US FTC Stalls CSL-Talecris $US3.1bn Deal Five Months; Capital Group Takes 11% Of Cochlear; Biosignal Directors Lodge ASIC Complaint; Impedimed Raises $5m, $7m To Go; Pallane To Raise $12.5m For Diagnostic
May 27, 2009
US Army's $2m Takes Avita Through FDA; Chemgenex's $8.4m  Takes 5-Month Total To $104m; Benitec Shortfall Raises $37k; Biopharmica Wins $50k Melanoma Grant
May 26, 2009
Optiscan Sees Light At The End Of 2nd Gen Scope; Cytopia, CRC Identify Focal Adhesion Kinase Target; Benitec, CSIRO Appeal USPTO
   
May 25, 2009
US FTC Blocks $3.1bn CSL-Talecris Deal; Patrys Antibodies For Cancer Trial; Cogstate $1.9m Trial, Revenue Up; Biodiem Licences Flu Technology To WHO
May 22, 2009
Progen: The Sequel - Taiwanese Call Board Coup; Starpharma Raises $7.1m; Living Cell Cancels Raising; Prima EGM, Turnbulls And Alpha Securities; Fermiscan, Polartechnics Delay
 
May 21, 2009
Bionomics Anxiety Drug Approved For Human Trial; Biosignal Founder, CEO Prof Peter Steinberg Resigns; Sirtex Free of Dr Bruce Gray, UWA Case; Bioguide Brief: What Gray Case Means For Research
May 20, 2009
Cephalon Has 50.4% Of Arana, Wants 90%; NZ Patent For Biopharmica's Cortical Dynamics; Virax Raises $300k; Stirling's 2nd Priceless Independent Report - More ASX In Wonderland
May 19, 2009
Novogen Jumps 115% On Ex-Chair's Blog; Genera Raises $3m, Aust Ethical On-Board; Cephalon 1% From Taking Arana; Atcor Claims 70% Sales Growth
 
May 18, 2009
Peplin Non-Head Phase III Clears 67% Lesions; Progen's Nth American PI-88 Partner; Bioguide Brief: Verva, Small Holders And The Unlisted Space
 
May 15, 2009 
Verva Votes On QBF Control, $2m Raising, Directors; Universal Bio Signs New Deal With J&J's Lifescan; Sunshine Heart To Raise $5-8m
  
May 14, 2009
Mesoblast Claims Early Heart Failure Stem Cell Success; Optiscan Raises $500k, New Zeiss Deal, Board Changes; FDA Accepts Pharmaxis Aridol Application; Metabolic Appoints Laurent Fossaert Polynovo CEO; Stirling Adds AIDS To TB, Swine Flu Immunoxel 'Success'
May 13, 2009
Budget 2009 Surprise: Far More Than Expected; Budget Summary, Bioguide, Senator Carr, Ausbiotech, Bio-Melbourne; Becton Dickinson Tyrian TB Test Fee Funding; Nanosonics Submits FDA Application
   
May 12, 2009
Probiomics: Probiotic Bacteria 'Boosts Flu Vaccine'; Polartechnics Withdraws 10-Fold Sales Projection; Acrux: Analysts, Rivals Issues Pushed Price; Biosignal Appoints Tim Boyd Director
May 11, 2009
FDA Accepts Alchemia, Dr Reddy's Fondaparinux Application; Starpharma, Elanco Animal Health Deal; US BIO Backs Ausbiotech Call For Funds; Senator Abetz Urges Government To Keep Comet; China Pays Agenix $134k
May 8, 2009
Resmed Record Revenue In March Quarter; Prof Graham MacDonald Chairs Australian Stem Cell Centre

 
May 7, 2009
Editorial: Biotechs Beware - Vulture Capitalists Are Circling; Fed, Vic Governments Launch $1bn Cance Centre; Empire II - New Directors
  

May 6, 2009
Empire Strikes Back: Biosignal Directors' Cut; Goodnight Portland; Avexa CEO Dr Julian Chick Buys 595k Shares

May 5, 2009
Living Cell: '2 Of 7  Type 1 Diabetes Patients Insulin-Free'; USPTO Withdraws Benitec Objections; Benitec Raises $1.1m
May 4, 2009
Pharmaxis Bronchitol 'Improves Cystic Fibrosis Lung Function'; J&J's Tibotec Option On Avexa HIV Deal; Biota: GSK Ups Relenza Production; OBJ's Jeffrey Edwards Sells 1.5m Shares
May 1, 2009
April BDI-20, BDI-40 Up 18%, It's Safe To Go Back Into Biotech; CE Mark For Cathrx Catheter; Progen's Stephen Chang Sells 600k Shares; Pharmaust Cash-Flow Positive; Biomd Completes $860k Placement; Living Cell Loses Dr Robert Caspari
April 30, 2009
Avexa Rights Issue Oversubscribed, Raises $17m; CSL Develops Swine Flu Vaccine; IB Fund Up 21% In 9 Months; Phosphagenics' Better Acne Treatment; Editorial: Appendix 4Cs And The Real World
April 29, 2009
QRX Explains Dual Opioid's Lower Side Effects; Tissue Therapies: 'Outstanding' 2nd Toronto Patient Results; Stirling Immunoxel 'Good For Swine Flu As Well As TB'
April 28, 2009
Fermiscan v Inventor Prof Veronica James; Editorial: Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel? Mesoblast Begins Cervical Spine Fusion; Biosignal Takes 3 Empire Directors For $120k; Prima 1 Month To Ovarian Cancer Trial
April 27, 2009
Bioguide: Big Pharma Wrong - Peplin A 5-Banger; Biota Jumps 90% On Swine Flu; Biota's Dr Jim Fox - Government Must Invest In Education; Progen Buy-Back Undersubscribed; Heartware Claims One Year 86% Survival; QIC Quits Chemgenex
April 24, 2009
Genetic Techno Trial Date Set; Orbis Up In Chemgenex, QIC Down; OBJ Director Dumps 5m Shares
April 23, 2009
Relenza Earns Biota $32m; Nasdaq Suspends Progen; US Patent For Xenome Pain Peptide; Polartechnics Signs East Euro Deals
April 22, 2009
Bionomics' BNC105 'Very Effective' For Throat Cancer; Progen EGM Backs Buy-Back; Circadian Compound Boosts Chemo In Mice; Neuren Cancer Co Price Halt

 

April 21, 2009
Hadassah Takes 19.9% Of Immuron For Antibody Work, Antibody Safe Status; Neuren Halt for 1320% Price Jump; Sunshine Heart Implants 1st Two Aorta Cuffs; Dr Paul MacLeman Exits Hatchtech For Genetic Technologies; Progen's Stephen Chang To Sell Shares; Chemgenex Rights Issue To Raise Up To $7.4m
April 20, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Blessing Polartechnics-Fermiscan Marriage; QRX Moxduo 'Fewer Side Effects Than Components'; Entrusting Metabolics' Board With Polynovo; Viralytics Ups Phase I Cancer Trial Dose; Novogen's NV-128 Stops Cancer Cell Differentiation; Progen Technology 'Inhibits Tumor Growth'
April 17, 2009
Polartechnics-Fermiscan Merger; Euro-Partner To Fund Chemgenex Flying Solo In US; Review Delays Living Cell NZ Diabetes Trial; Agenix: China Deal Back On Track Over Abyss; Neuren ASX Query; Avexa 39% Price Query; Fluorotechnics Raises $1.2m; Incitive $784k; Medical Therapies $700k
April 16, 2009
Stirling Claims '100% Success' Against TB; Neuren 420% Share Price Query; Prima 75% Share Price Query; Kinetic Under 5% Of Nanosonics; Acorn Takes 12% Of Starpharma
April 15, 2009
Novogen Closes Phase III Cancer Trial To Conserve Cash; Atcor Wins $1.2m Contracts; Acuvax Sells Resprotect Stake
April 14, 2009
Editorial: Why Is There Good News? Peplin Gel To Be 'Standard Of Care'; Japan OKs Cellestis In-Tube TB Test; Vivus Has 30 Days To Set Acrux Phase III Trial; Phylogica, Aegis Work On Intranasal Phylomers
April 9, 2009
Chemgenex Raises $10m; OK For Psivida Phase III Trial; FMR Under 5% Of CSL; Victoria Opens $153m Regenerative Medicine Unit
April 8, 2009
Genera HPV Test Equals Pap Smear; Living Cell: 'Pig Cells Safe In Primates'; Novogen's GLYC-101 'Effective For Wounds'; OMI 100% Revenue Growth; Telstra Super Takes 5% Of Metabolic
April 7, 2009
Bioguide: Prana And The Difference A PBT2 Deal Would Make; Starpharma Raises $4.6m; Entrust Takes Dr Tony Ward's 19.8% Of Metabolic
April 6, 2009
Living Cell Diabetes Patient 'Insulin Independent'; Universal Pleads Schultz To 62% Price Hike Query; Unilife Moves To Pennsylvania; Chemgenex Halt, Denies AFR Report
April 3, 2009
Incitive Licences Pineapple Stem Animal Health To Peptech; Dr Tony Moore Takes 19.8% Of Metabolic; Manufacturing Halts CBio Trial, $1.5m Raised; Evado Provides Staff With Trial Software
April 2, 2009
Crisis, What Crisis? 'Struggling' Biotechs Raise $370m-$500m; Study 'Validates' Prana Alzheimer's Strategy; Stem Cell Sells Assets for 2.65m Stemcells Shares; Avita Sales Up 72%; Incitive Raises $784k; Progen Shrugs Off Coups - Back To Work
April 1, 2009
March BDI-20 Up 20%; 4 Months Of Growth; Polartechnics 'Friendly Merger'; Cephalon Takes 23% Of Arana; Pharmaxis Completes 1st Phase III Dosing; Compumedics' $400k German Contract; Biomd Raises $426k; Solagran's Peter Stedwell Dies
March 31, 2009
Franklyn Brazil Quits Metabolic; Atcor's Sphygmocor 'Predicts Pre-Eclampsia'; Heartware's 1st Commercial Sales
March 30, 2009
Bioguide Brief: The Progen Prize Goes To .... Medigen? Dr Wolf Hanisch Appointed 3rd Director; Biota Partner Ready For Japanese Market; Mesoblast Raises $11m; Nanosonics Begins Sales; Bio-Melbourne's Call To Alms
March 27, 2009
Chemgenex Drug '4-10-Fold In Vitro Stem Cell Efficacy'; Taiwan Wins Progen-Cytopia EGM; Thoratec's Heartware Bid Delayed; Acorn Takes 8% Of Pharmaxis
March 26, 2009
Benitec, CSIRO Continue USPTO Fight; Prima's 2nd Euro Patent For CVac Ovarian Cancer Therapy; Uscom Takes Cardiac Monitor To China
March 25, 2009
Many An M&A Slip Between Arana's Cup, Cephalon's Lip; Biopharmica Characterizes Protein Expression; Copulos' $3m Healthlinx Line; Avexa rights Issue To Raise Up To $15m
March 24, 2009
Monash Uni, Synchrotron 'Solve' Cytopia's JAK1 Protein; Avexa Begins 16-Week Phase III HIV Analysis; Healthlinx Plan Raises $144k
March 23, 2009
Acuvax Hawaii Biotech Execs In Australian Roadshow; Neurodiscovery $540k US Deal; Optiscan Kills 2nd Hoya Deal; Progen's Post-Buy-Back Program
March 20, 2009
Novogen's NV-128 Kills Cancer Stem Cells In Vitro In 15 Mins; Avexa's Alan Boyd Resigns
March 19, 2009
Ventracor In Administration; Starpharma Completes Vivagel Longevity Study; Alchemia-SDP Deal; Ausbiotech: $83m 'Too Little Too Late'; Bio-Melbourne Network: '$83m Won't Go Far'; GBS Raises $122.5m; Acuvax Trial Enrolled
March 18, 2009
Federal $83m Innovation Fund; Ausbiotech Response; Editorial: A Pittance Is Better Than Nothing; Senator Eric Abetz Marks Labor's Card
March 17, 2009
Graeme Kaufman: Mesoblast A $1.65 Buy; Xceed Appoints Stephen Belben
March 16, 2009
Avexa: 87% Of Phase IIb HIV Patients 'In Good Health'; Cytopia's Andrew Macdonald: Progen Board Should Quit; Solagran Raises Ropren Drops Dose

 
March 13, 2009
Alchemia Heparin ANDA Filed To FDA; Psivida Eye Insert Safety Data; Tissue Therapies Wins Mel Bridges As Director; Nusep Suspended For Nxcen's Longer Lasting Listing
March 12, 2009
Ventracor Heart Pump Completes US Trial; Asset Selection Takes 5% Of Cytopia; Benitec Cancels CSIRO Talks; Biopharmica Wants Partner For New Cancer Drugs

 
March 11, 2009
Fortrend's $12m Puts Prima Back On Track; Bioguide Brief: Is That A Whiff Of Cash In The Air; Prana's PBT2 Repairs Mouse Synapse Damage; Hitachi Takes option On Fermiscan Test

 
March 10, 2009
Progen $40m Buy-Back Cuts Across Cytopia Plans; Most Progen Investors Don't Vote; Italian Study 'Confirms Fermiscan Test'; Solagran Contributors Forfeit $1.1m Shares
March 9, 2009
Progen Kills Avexa Deal; Bioguide Brief: Progen Cops A Kicking; Arana Phase II Meets Endpoint; Pakistan Buys 100 Polartech Cancer Consoles; Cathrx Cuts Costs
March 6, 2009
Peplin Gel Reduces 85% Of Head Lesions; Prima Renews CVac Treatment; Opes Prime May Get 40% Back - Or Not; Progen Pays For Proxies; Metabolic Loses Polynovo's Dr Ian Griffiths
March 5, 2009
Cytopia Injunction Over Progen-Avexa Merger; Avexa's Dr Julian Chick: 'We'll Do A Deal For ATC'; Hunter Hall Takes 30% Of Sirtex
March 4, 2009
Tissue Therapies' $1.8m 'Exceeeds Expectations'; Key Novosorb Patent; Neil Leggett Fraud Case Adjourned

 
March 3, 2009
Stemcells Inc Buys Stem Cells For $7m; Bioguide Brief: Stem Cell Sells All But Shell; KV's Woes Force Focus On Acrux; Halcygen Super-Generic Beats Original
March 2, 2009
BDI-40: Summer Shines On Biotech; Bioguide Brief: Arana And Under-10s Cricket; Arana Chair Robin Beaumont 'Very Disappointed'; Biota Loses Chair John Grant, Gains Dr James Fox; Pharmaxis Sends Aridol NDA To FDA
February 27, 2009
Cephalon Offers $329m For Arana; Stem Cell Centre Review; Cytopia Forces Progen-Avexa Delay; Ventracor Funds, TGA Talks, Suspended; Compumedics, Resonance H1 Profits Up; ITL, Pharmaust Losses
February 26, 2009
Acuvax, Hawaii Biotech West Nile Trial Safety; Stem Cell Suspended For Sale; Ellex Record H1 Revenue; Medical Developments, Cyclopharm Profits Up; Cathrx 1st Revenue
February 25, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Who Contributes To Solagran's Share Price?; Circadian, Healthscope $10m Peter Mac Diagnostic; Cogstate Maiden H1 Profit; Novogen Phase II Safe, Some Efficacy
February 24, 2009
Phosphagenics' TPM-Diclofenac '7x Voltaren'; FDA Points Bone In Right Direction; Polartechnics Share Plan
February 23, 2009
Acrux Phase II Contraceptive Trial Success; Healthlinx Anti-Fat Compound Works In Rats; Medical Therapies Wipes $1.1m Obligation
February 20, 2009
Fermiscan Buys Synchrotron Time; Cyclopharm US Sales Delayed; Heartware Lists On Nasdaq, Capital Structure; Solagran's 'Wrong' Email
February 19, 2009
Biomd $860k From A Revolutionary Cow Patch; Virax Partner's Lung Cancer Benefit; FDA Backs Medical Developments Penthrox For Vet Use; QRX Starts 2nd Dual-Opioid Trial; Cytopia Responds To Progen Meetings
February 18, 2009
RNAi Regenerates Genesis; Ventracor Regrets Deaths, Rebutts News Article; Progen Cites Obstacles To Single Merger Meeting; Polartechnics Expands Cerviscreen Use; CSL H1 Profit Up 44%; Biota's GSK H1 Profit
February 17, 2009
Suspended Gaol For Genetic Techno Brokers; IDT H1 Profit Up 9%; $50k Victoria Prize
February 16, 2009
Thoratec Buys Heartware For $429m; Bioguide Brief: Deal Hurts Ventracor; Cellestis Record H1 Profit, Dividend; Universal Bio 'Improvement Delays Launch'; Labtech's H1 Profit; Dr Stewart Washer Resonance Chair
February 13, 2009
Agenix Revives Thromboview; Novogen Tightens Belt; GSK Ups Biota Royalty
February 12, 2009
CD 200; Biotron Reduces HIV By 99%; Ventracor Completes Enrolment; Pallane Lists Through Dia-B For Virology; Solagran Blames Investors For Price Fall
February 11, 2009
Living Cell Pig Cells 'Clear Benefit' In 5 Of 6 Patients; Avexa Rebutts Cytopia's Progen Claims; GSK Boosts Biota's Japan Stocks
February 10, 2009
GBS's Dr Joshua Funder Details Funding; Ventracor Cable Failure, Suspension; Cochlear Record H1 Profit; Viralytics Starts Head, Neck Cancer Trial
February 9, 2009
Benitec HIV Therapy 'Promising'; Uscom 'Standard Of Paediatric Care'; Cytopia Turns Up Heat On Progen; Solagran's Denis Kilroy Resigns
February 6, 2009
Bioguide Brief: Progen's Wedding Choices; Resmed Record H1 Profit; Ventracor Product Trading Halt
February 5, 2009
Ausbiotech - Federal Package 'Overlooks Biotech'; Bionomics Raises $4m; Progen, Avexa Cytopia; Biodiem's Dr Andrew O'Brien Goes
February 4, 2009
Editorial: $42bn Federal Package - Nothing For Biotech; Victoria Grant Brings Brains Back; Barclays Quits CSL
February 3, 2009
Ludwig Links Inflammation To Colon Cancer, New Targets; TGA Approves Nanosonics' Trophon; Monash Malaria Discovery
February 2, 2009
BDI-40 - Life Signs Return To Life Sciences; Peplin Up 71%, Cytopia FAlls 40%; Tissue Therapies Reduces Diabetic Ulcer 29%; 1st Australian Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Acrux Axes Fentanyl, Evamist KV's Silver Lining; Ausbiotech Calls For Stimulus
January 30, 2009
Federal (PISG) Report: Drugs 2nd Largest Manufactured Export - Industry Endangered By Inertia; Editorial: A Once In An Economic Lifetime Opportunity; UK Relenza Order Earns Biota $18m; Euro Sales For Heartware Pump; Avita H1 Income Up 672% To $1.3m
January 29, 2009
Clinuvel FDA Trial 'Landmark Event'; Progen Chooses Avexa Over Cytopia; AVexa Loses CFO Alan Boyd; Ventracor '79% Success'; Pharmaxis Revenue Up 60%; Cathrx Applies For Stylus CE Mark; Sirtex Profit Up 627% To $16m
January 28, 2009
Cytopia's Uncapped Bid For Progen; Bioguide Brief: Cytopia A Better Partner; Cogstate Cashflow Positive; QRX Knee Pain Trial
January 27, 2009
Biopharmica Sheds CEO Dr Peter King, Directors' Fees, Diagnostic Needs Commercial Partner; Editorial: 'Federal Labor Shockingly Short-Sighted'
January 23, 2009
Progen Backs Avexa Merger, Details Unlikely Alternatives; Agenix Ex-CEO Neil Leggett Charged With Fraud
January 22, 2009
Virax $934k Share Plan To Avoid Crisis; Uscom Sells 39 Monitors In Month; FMR, Fidelity Sell Down CSL
January 21, 2009
Clinuvel: 'Positive' Phase III Results; Neuren Continues With Trust; Atcor 76% Sales Surge
January 20, 2009
Mesoblast Cells In 1st Osteoarthritis Trial; FDA Orphan Status For Chemgenex Drug; Halcygen Completes 3rd US Fungal Trial
January 19, 2009
Tissue Therapies Up 42% On Trial Results
January 16, 2009
Neuren Phase III Trial Fails; Agenix Deal Delayed; Peplin Phase IIb 'Positive Results'; Progen Coup Group Fails; Ventracor Coup Group; ASIC Charges Select's Dr Martin Soust
January 2, 2009
BDI-40 Up 3.0%, ASX200 Down 0.6%; Polartechnics Up 91%
December 22, 2008
Progen-Avexa Merger Special Edition
December 19, 2008
Bioguide Brief: Metabolic Polynovo; Viralytics Evatak Active Against Gut Cancer In Mice
December 18, 2008
Summer Holiday Editorial; Bioguide Brief: Fair Value IPOs, Cellscreen; Metabolic Takes 60% Of Polynovo; Polartechnics Healthscope Deal
December 17, 2008
Peplin's Tom Wiggans: This Isn't Cancer Anymore, Toto; ASIC Charges GTG's Geof Newing; Bionomics Anxiolytic Safe In Mice, Dogs; Starpharma- 'Dendrimer Reduces Cancer Drug Toxicity'
December 16, 2008
Peplin Phase III Enrolment Full; France Funds Avita Recell Trial; QRX Begins Moxduoir Pain Trial
December 15, 2008
Genetic's Dr Mervyn Jacobson Faces 319 Charges; J&J Boosts Universal's Output; Elanco Submits Acrux Animal Treatment To US Regulator
December 12, 2008
Genetic Tech's Dr Mervyn Jacobson Charged, Resigns; Viralytics Cavatak Kills Human Brain Tumors In Mice; Oregon Backs Cytopia For Bone Cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis; Cellscreen's $12m Tampap HPV IPO
December 11, 2008
Investors Shun Ventracor, Cash To March; Arana Begins ART621 Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial; CSL Details $270m R&D Pipeline; Healthlinx 10-year UK Deal
December 10, 2008
Agenix Settles China Deal; Polartechnics Renews Truscreen Supplies to Inda, China; Biomerieux Launches Previ Isola With Labtech's Microstreak
December 9, 2008
Chemgenex CML '80% Complete Blood Response'; Viralytics 4th Trial Test Cavatak In Head, Neck Cancers
December 8, 2008
Healthlinx: New Cancer Marker, 2nd Test '98% Accurate'; Gene-Marking Seen In Benitec HIV RNAi Trial; Phosphagenics Delivers Transdermal Lidocaine
December 5, 2008
Progen v Coup Group: Round 2, Jan 9; Heartware Completes Euro-Enrolment, Awaits CE Mark; Biodiem 'Flu Vaccine 'May Control Pandemics'
December 4, 2008
US Race Study Backs Atcor; Starpharma Drug Active Against All Major HPVs
December 3, 2008
Ventracor FDA Market Application, Cash Update; Portland In Administration; Patrys Trials Safe From 3rd Party Cuts
December 2, 2008
Genetic Technologies Frees Breast, Ovarian Cancer Tests; Bioguide: GTG & Corporate Philanthropy; Novogen's NV-128 'Active' Against Cancer Stem Cells, Triphendiol IND to FDA
December 1, 2008
BDI-40: Close To The Bone; Bob Moses: 'Keep Progen's Cash In Biotech'; Dr Merilyn Sleigh Joins Tyrian
November 28, 2008
Huntington's A 2nd Target For Prana's PBT2; Biota Appoints Richard Hill Director; Biodiem Paid 6th $US1m 'Flu Milestone
November 27, 2008
Metabolic AGM Scuppers Polynovo Deal; Arana Earns CSL Payment
November 26, 2008
Anadis Cow Colostrum 'Flu Data; Arana Starts Phase II Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial; Unilife Appoints Senior Staff
November 25, 2008
Clinuvel Bioguide: Drug To Cosmetic And Back; China Deal Boosts Polartechnics Revenue 10-Fold; Bioprospect Chairman Jumps Before Solagran Pushes
November 24, 2008
Progen: M&A Or Wind-Up; Phylogica Acquires Dynamic Microbials; Avexa Recruits Phase III HIV 1st Arm
November 21, 2008
Progen, Medigen, $70m Cash & The $2m Milestone; Optiscan In Prostate Surgery; FDA Clears Sunshine Heart Trial
November 20, 2008
Stem Cell's 'Significant' Pfizer Deal; Benitec Loses Staff; Heartware Implants 2nd Heart Pump
November 19, 2008
Dr Mervyn Jacobson Redirects Genetic Technologies; Cathrx Starts Australian Trial; Lab Data Backs Neurodiscovery Pain Drug
November 18, 2008
Victoria Gov Funds Zebrafish Unit; Prana PBT1 Blocks Anaesthetic Patholgy In Mice; NSW Breast Cancer Institute Adopts Impedimed's L-Dex
November 17, 2008
Biota Phase III Lani Trials Ready; Cytopia Doses 1st Brain Cancer Patient; Medical Therapies Offers 4c Share Plan
November 14, 2008
Bioguide Brief: Progen's Beerworth Review On The Money; Progen Coup Group Wins EGM; Stem Cell Wins Euro-Patent Appeal
November 13, 2008
Progen To Return $30m To Investors; 5 Patrys Products Show Cancer Potential
November 12, 2008
Polish Study: Polartechnics' Superior Cervical Cancer Test; Phosphagenics, Acrux Trial NSAIDs; Stem Cell $1.1m Licence
November 11, 2008
Canada Approves Tissue Therapies Trial, WA Patients Improve; Ausbiotech Broadsides Federal Government; Progen Coup Group's Demands
November 10, 2008
Progen Investors Narrowly Miss Coup Meeting; Ellex Laser 'Safe, Effective' For Diabetic Macular Oedema
November 7, 2008
Biotech Daily Is Three; Division At Living Cell AGM; OMI Raises $503k
November 6, 2008
FDA Extends Ventracor Trial, Revenue 'A Record'; Arana Loses CEO Dr John Chiplin
November 5, 2008
Ventracor Implants 100th Euro Patient, Cannula CE Mark; Mesoblast Phase I/II Bone Marrow Trial
November 4, 2008
Pharmaust, Curtin Univ Of Technology Collaborate On Diabetes
November 3, 2008
Gloomy October: Living Cell Up 16%, Optiscan Down 67%; Adieu Apollo; FDA OK For Arana Trial
October 31, 2008
Genetic Technologies Fixes Cancer Test Prices; Giaconda Loses $40m Hope
October 30, 2008
Most Alchemia Projects On Hold; White Knight Saves Norwood Abbey
October 29, 2008
Novogen's Phenoxodiol, N128 Cancer Synergies; Biota Board Decision-Making Questioned; Advanced Surgical's 1st European Use
October 28, 2008
Alchemia Slashes 60% Of Staff; Prof Trounson's $US3bn Stem Cell Institute; Living Cell '3-5 Years To Market'; Ventracor Tightens Belts
October 27, 2008
Ventracor Bioguide: A Heart Beat Away; Stem Cell's Embryo-Free Pluripotent Cells; AusBiotech Conference Opens
October 24, 2008
Biota Chair John Grant Late Mind-Change On Vote; Hunter Hall Takes 12% Of Biota; Bioprospect Resists Solagran Coup; Fluorotechnics Raises $8m
October 23, 2008
Benitec 'Very Encouraged' By RNAi HIV Trial; Genetic Technologies' Cancer Tests Challenged; FDA Approves Alchemia Phase III Cancer Trial

October 22, 2008
Grahame Leonard Upsets Genetic Techno Spill Bid; Exclusive: Dr Mervyn Jacobson Explains; Anadis Studies Biogard For HIV

October 21, 2008
Living Cell Jumps 64% On NZ Xenotransplant Trial; US Patent For Alchemia
October 20, 2008
Fed Gov Releases Pharmaceutical Industry Report; Tissue Therapies Claims 'Exceptional' Results
October 17, 2008
Incitive Meets Rough End Of Biotech Pineapple; Cyclopharm Rights Issue For $3.2m
October 16, 2008

FDA Clears Impedimed’s L-DEX U400; Paul Keating In Brain Election; Optiscan Falls 39% 

October 15, 2008
Antisense ATL1101 Suppresses Human Prostate Tumors In Mice; Genera Claims Superior HPV Test; Bioguide: Chemgenex' Pacific Gulf
October 14, 2008
Imclone Names Cancer Candidate From Circadian Target; IDT's Geoffrey Lord Buys His 2.5m 'Lost' Shares
October 13, 2008
Mesoblast Up 20% On Cardiac Trial Data; US 2nd Request To CSL On Talecris; Chemgenex Plan Raises $128k
October 10, 2008
Immugene Vaccine Protects Pigs; IM Medical Takes Heart Test To Mines
October 9, 2008
Biomd Implants 10th Bovine Heart Patch; Arana Appoints Gordon Black; Buys Back Shares
October 8, 2008
Stem Cell Licences Cambridge Technology; Ausbiotech Conference; Brainz Shuts Down
October 7, 2008
Halcygen 1/2 Dose Super Generic Matches Sporanox; Agenix Notes, Placement To Raise $800k
October 6, 2008
Nathan Drona Chairs Avexa; Impedimed's US Awareness Campaign
October 3, 2008
Impedimed Supplies US Lifestyle Co; Pharmaxis Takes 12 Abstracts To Berlin Meeting; Solagran Tightens Control Of Bioprospect
October 2, 2008
Bioguide: Phosphagenics' Very Deep Vitamin E Pipeline; Arana Superhumanizes Circadian's VEFG-D Antibody; Psivida Medidur Results 'Very Encouraging'
October 1, 2008
Grey September: Biotechs Down, Sunshine Up 80%; Pharmaxis Files Bronchitol Marketing Application; Synchrotron Rapid Access
September 30, 2008
Arana Files Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug IND; Advanced Ocular Sells Patents For $US2m; Neurodiscovery Part-Time CEO Starts On $203k
September 29, 2008
Alchemia Cancer Drug IND To FDA; Biota's Peter Molloy Appointed Viralytics Director
September 26, 2008
Norwood Immunology's Stem Cell Strategy; Review Backs Psivida Phase III Trial
September 25, 2008
Cochlear Fights Union; Sunshine Wins FDA Rebate; Xenome Begins Pain Trial
September 24, 2008
ASX Queries Director's Statements; AGM Votes On New Sunshine Chairman's 2m Options
September 23, 2008
Phosphagenics Starts Phase I Lidocaine Trial; Heartware Meets FDA Conditions; Clinuvel Begins 5th CUV1647 Trial
September 22, 2008
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Genetic Tech Board: Sack The CEO, We Walk; Police Investigate Bioprospect's Snr Sgt Tony Langdon
September 19, 2008
Editorial: Friends Of Mervyn & The Perils Of Owner-Drivers; Anadis, Tatura Milk Collaborate On Export
September 18, 2008
Dr Mervyn Jacobson Spills Genetic Technologies' Board; Biopharmica WAIMR Develop Cancer Drug; Fed Gov $60m Bio-Venture Capitalism
September 17, 2008
Cathrx Sells 1st Product; Chemgenex Raises $13m; Virax Partner Posts Positive Cancer Data
September 16, 2008
Agenix Sues Leggets For $4m; Immune Data Backs Biodiem's LAIV For 'Flu; Bionomics BNC105 Shows Anti-Tumor Activity
September 15, 2008
Agenix Alleges 'Breach Of Duty' Against ex-CEO Neil Leggett; China Grants Labtech Patent; Norwood Reformation
September 12, 2008
Virax Hit By Roche-Transgene Delay; Agenix Director In 'Impropriety' Case; Sunshine Heart Trial Approved
September 11, 2008
Viralytics 'Encouraged' By 2 Cavatak Studies; Eastland Expects Good Malaria Results
September 10, 2008
Biolayer, Prince Of Wales Collaborate On Neuro-Diagnostics; Bioguide Brief: Starpharma; Ellex German Sales
September 9, 2008
Cutler Innovation Review; Starpharma Up 60% On $100m Condom Deal; Peplin Starts Phase III
September 8, 2008
Nasdaq Sends Progen 'Deficiency Notice'; Merrill Lynch Takes 5.5% of Arana; Australian Stem Cell Centre Interim Board
September 5, 2008
Polartechnics, Genera, Healthscope Partner On HPV; Aust Stem Cell Centre Loses Board; Solagran Down 32% On Info Night
September 4, 2008
Phylogica, Cambridge Partner on Cancer; Anadis Develops HIV Therapy; Fluorotechnics IPO
September 3, 2008
Tissue Therapies Trial Shows 'Marked Improvement'; Israel Approves Anadis Trial; Spinifex Raises $12m
September 2, 2008
Stem Cell: 'World 1st True Rat Embryonic Cells'; Bioguide - Mergers; Ventracor's Peter Crosby On The Roadshow
September 1, 2008
Bio-Spring: BDI-20 Up 14.3%, Big Caps Up 29%; Bionomics Reduces Anxiety In 3 Species; FDA Okays Cytopia Trial
August 29, 2008
Agenix Requests 'Up To 2 Months' Suspension; Medical Therapies Sets Out Program
August 28, 2008
Ventracor Revenue Up 163% To $20m; Arana Completes Psoriasis Recruitment
August 27, 2008
Phylogica Improves Potency, Duration; Neuren Divests Cancer Program
August 26, 2008
Neurodiscovery Drug 'Effective In Pain Relief'; Avexa Takes Greater Control of ATC
August 25, 2008
Prima To Meet FDA For Cancer Drug; Cellestis $2.25m Maiden Profit

August 22, 2008
If Marc Sinatra Was King Of Circadian

August 21, 2008
Mesoblast Benefits From FDA Spinal Fusion Warning; Heartware Implants 1st US Pump
August 20, 2008
Anadis Spray 'Switches-Off' Flu Virus Replication; Pharmaxis Bronchitol 'Safe' At 12 Months
August 19, 2008
Peplin Appoints Tom Wiggans CEO, Raises $24m; Uscom Boosts Transplant Organs 15%
August 18, 2008
Dr Ian Nisbet Reforms Xenome For 2009 IPO; Bioguide Brief: Acrux
August 15, 2008
Schering-Plough Halts Two Acrux programs; IDT Profit Up 30% to $7m
August 14, 2008
Acrux Orion Alliance; Polartechnics Truscreen Demand Up, Results Better, US Interest
August 13, 2008
CSL Buys Talecris Plasma For $3.1b, Profit Up 30% To $702m; Starpharma Trials Vivagel's Antiviral Retention
August 12, 2008
Bronchitol Improves Cystic Fibrosis Lung Function; Acrux Expands KV Deal; Mesoblast Grows Cartilage In Sheep
August 11, 2008
Tissue Therapies Treats 1st Patient; Biota Challenges Common Cold
August 8, 2008
Sth Africa Approves Virax HIV Vaccine Trial; NZ Patent For Benitec RNA
August 7, 2008
CEO Interview: Bionomics' Dr Deborah Rathjen; Biotron Begins Hep C Human Trials
August 6, 2008
Monash Opens $11m Monoclonal Antibody Facility; Mesoblast Claims Long Bone Stem Cell Success
August 5, 2008
FDA Backs QRX Phase III Plan; Antisense: ATL1102 Different From Tysabri; Comment
August 4, 2008
Antisense In Tysabri Trading Halt; Journal Backs Uscom For Paediatrics

August 1, 2008
July BDI-20 Beats All Ords, Again: Heartware Up 54%, Progen Down 55%

July 30, 2008
Lancet Publishes Prana Alzheimer's Efficacy Data; Impedimed Sales up 109%

July 29, 2008
Avantogen Wants Funds For Hawaii; Clinuvel's 1st US Approval

July 28, 2008
Agenix China's Heads To Roll

July 24, 2008
Cytopia Bioguide - Flying Under The Radar; Biota's Relenza Royalties Tumble; Landlord Shanghais Agenix

July 23, 2008
Progen Halts Phase III Cancer Trial; Bioguide Brief; Antisense Competitor Triples Sales; Bionics Conference, Bionic Eye Development

July 22, 2008
Living Cell: 'Benefit In All Type 1 Diabetes Patients; Anadis Renews Tel Aviv IBD Trial

July 21, 2008
Biota Loses GSK Court Gamble; Bioguide Brief; Advanced Surgical Device Used in Cardiac Surgery

July 18, 2008
Metabolic Becomes Polynovo With $18m Cash; Editorial: A Marriage Made In Bio-Heaven

July 17, 2008
Astrazeneca's Medimmune Evaluates Norwwod Vaccine; Viralytics New Directions; Prana Big In Chicago

July 15, 2008
Proteome Halts Prostate Ca Test; Circadian Takes 100% of Vegenics

July 11, 2008
Genetic Techno Enforces Breast, Ovarian Ca Test Rights

July 10, 2008
Graeme Kaufman: $400m Fund Delayed, But Still Bullish; Mesoblast Stem Cells for Eye Disease

July 9, 2008
Tissue Therapies To Start Perth Trial; Starpharma's Vivagel for Vaginosis
July 8, 2008
Giaconda Halts Hep C Trial
July 7, 2008
Hunter Immunology Applies for FDA Phase III COPD Trial; Psivida Starts Phase IIb Pancreatic Ca Trial

July 3, 2008
Avita Close To China Registration; Medical Therapies Buys Midkine Assets

July 2, 2008
Progen Spins Out Pharmasynth; TGA Approves Safety Medical Pen Cap 

July 1, 2008
June BDI-20 Beats All Ords; Chemgenex Submits Non-Clinical NDA; Sanofi-Aventis Pays $16m For Unilife Syringe
  

 

June 30, 2008
Antisense, Teva Positive Phase II MS Data; Neuren Expects Results Early; Bioguide Briefs - Neuren, Antisense; Biolayer Parkinson's Test; Avexa Has 12 Months Cash
 
June 27, 2008
Biopharmica Screening Yields 43 HLS5 Cancer Leads; Intersuisse Fund Takes 4% Of Sunshine Heart; Psivida Medidur Efficacy, Safety Data; FMR, Fidelity Drop 3% In Cochlear
 
June 26, 2008
Living Cell Awaits NZ Xenotransplant Approval; Karmelsonix To Market Through Pharmacies
June 25, 2008
Living Cell Shows Pig Insulin In Patient's Blood; Peplin Doses 1st AK Patient; Fermiscan Claims 84% Accuracy In Breast Cancer Hair Test; Nanosonics' TGA Application; Goodbye Clinical Cell, G'Day Avita
June 24, 2008
Opposition, Industry Protest Axing Commercial Ready; Acrux Begins Phase III Testosterone Trial; Viralytics Completes Phase I Cancer Dosing
June 23, 2008
Alchemia's Synthetic Heparin Delayed; Novogen Licences Patent To Spanish Fleet; Apollo Board Spill Call; Compumedics Chairman David Burton To Sell Down
June 20, 2008
FDA Approves Pharmaxis' Phase III Bronchiectasis Trial; Metabolic Shuts Programs, Looks For Acquisitions; Acrux Ross Dobinson Buys Opes Prime Shares; Genera Supplies Gribbles HPV Test; IM Medical Loses CEO Tommas Bonvino
June 19, 2008
Bionomics' Multiple $50m Merck MS Deals; NSW, Vic Back Stem Cell Research With $550k; Vic-Calif Stem Cell Alliance; Bone Licences Osteoporosis Product To Korea's Hyundi; Optiscan Appoints Dr Jim Fox Director
  
June 18, 2008
Victoria Buys $100m Bio-Supercomputer; Stem Cell Licences Green Fluorescent Protein Technology; Apollo Sells Protein Reagents
  
June 17, 2008
Chemgenex Efficacy In 2nd Leukemia Indication; Vic-NZ $30m Fund; Pharmaxis Bronchitol Compassionate Use; Optiscan Raises $3m; FDA Allows Halcygen IND Application
June 16, 2008
Howard Florey Imaging Detects Early Huntington's; Cellestis Expects $2m Maiden Profit; Medical Therapies EGM Backs Midkine, CEO Options; Fermiscan Buys Sydney Breast Clinic
June 13, 2008
Boss Interview: Mesoblast's Prof Silviu Itescu; Bioguide - Circadian Changes Its Rhythm; Agenix Sends Thromboview To US; Kinetic Takes 5% Of Nanosonics
  
June 12, 2008
Impedimed: Bioimpedance Best Lymphoedema Tool; Pharmaxis Completes 12-Month Safety Extension; Peter Mac Shows Denosumab Improves Giant Cell Tumors; Rockeby Hangover Pills For China
   
June 11, 2008
Circadian Becomes VEGF Cancer Drug Company; Halcygen Anti-Fungal May Have Anti-Tumor Action; Ethics OK For Clinuvel Phase II Trial; Genera Falls In 1st Day Trade; Sunshine Heart Raises $5.4m
 
June 10, 2008
Peplin Halts US IPO, Buys $7m Neosil, Prepares Phase III Trial; Chemgenex Buys Omacetaxine's Euro-IP; Data Committee Clears Novogen Phase III Ovarian Cancer Trial
June 6, 2008
Benitec Detects RNAi Markers In HIV Patients' Blood; EGM Backs Clincial Share Consolidation, Name Change; Psivida Votes For US Move; Pharmaust EGM To Sell Commonwealth Biotechnologies
 
June 5, 2008
FDA Clears Mesoblast, Angioblast Phase II Cardiac Trial; Living Cell Adds Higher Dose To Diabetes Trial; Arana Completes 2nd CSL Project
June 4, 2008
Starpharma Bioguide: Much More Than Vivagel; Avexa, Targetdrug Develop Hep C Drug; Avita Breathes Life Into Clinical Cell; Atcor's $1.15m Contract; Prima EGM Backs New Board; Nanosonics Appoints David Radford CEO
 
June 3, 2008
Sirtex Sir-Spheres Study 'Confirms Benefit'; More Chemgenex Phase II/III Trial Data; Biosignal Raises $400k; Living Cell 1st NZ Company On OTCQX; Gun Leo Khouri Take 14% Of Bioprospect
 
June 2, 2008
May Top 40 Down 1.2%, Heartware Up 39%; Biosignal Tests Anti-Microbial On Crops; Prima Hits The Road For CVac
May 30, 2008
Bioguide Update - Progen; Karmelsonix Sells 1st Australian Pulmotracks; Progen Compounds 'Inhibit Cancer Target In Vitro'
May 29, 2008
Federal Government Rejects Ausbiotech Call To Reinstate Commercial Ready Grants
May 28, 2008
Proteome, Agilent High-Tech Contra Deal; Fermiscan Pays $5.5m For Sydney Breast Clinic; CBio, Novo Nordisk Deal; Biota, GSK Trial Postponed; Agenix Co Sec Neil Leggett Replaced
May 27, 2008
Neuren Cash Burn Query, US Army Funds 'Confirmed'; Bone Appoints Leif Jensen Chairman
May 26, 2008
CSL's Dr Brian McNamee Heads Industry Review; Biolayer Replaces CEO; Bio-Melbourne Appoints Michelle Gallaher CEO; Copulos Takes 19% Of Healthlinx
May 23, 2008
Heartware Raises $30m: Underwriter Halts Benitec $5.1m Rights Issue; Brainz Cash Burn Review; Bell IXL Takes 9% Of Life Therapeutics, Board Spill
May 22, 2008
Stem Cell's Inhibitor Media For Purer Cells; Portland Meeting To Raise $8m; QRX Selects 12mg Morphine, 8mg Oxycodone Dose; Eastland Takes 78% Of Star Medical; ANZ Down To 18% Opes Prime's Bioprospect, 42% Solagran
 
May 21, 2008
Editorial: Taxation, Investment And Biotechnology; Starpharma Dendrimers 'Not Carbon Nanotubes'; Brazil Approves Cyclopharm's Technegas; 2nd US Patent For Advanced Surgical; Prana Places $7m; Genera IPO Oversubscribed
May 20, 2008
Evado's Safe, Cheap Clinical Trial Software; Study Backs Atcor Central BP Test; Victoria: 'Funding Attracts Researchers, Boosts Economy'; Euro-Patent For Viralytics Anti-Cancer Virus
May 19, 2008
FDA Clarifies Bone's Pivotal Osteoporosis Trial; Germany Approves Pharmaxis' Aridol Test; Progen Denies; EG Capital Silent On ASIC Raid; Novogen Triphendiol Tumor Trial; Ventracor CEO Peter Crosby Contract Extended
 
May 16, 2008
Pfizer's Doors Open To Australian Biotech; Heartware Moves Back To US; Benitec To Raise $5.1m; Healthlinx Raises $511k; Ritract Reinstated
May 15, 2008
Neuron Phase III Glypromate Trial 'On-Track'; Progen Tests Polyamine Analog For Cancer; Pandemic Stockpiles Need Relenza - Resarchers; Uscom Monitors For Birmingham ICU
 
May 14, 2008
Budget 2008: Little Joy For Biotech, For Now; Prima On Road To Recovery; Brazil's Circadian Route To 15% Of Metabolic Via Edward St; Stem Cell US Purity Patent; Halcygen Files Ant-Fungal IND