$500 million fund will help build Australia’s biomedical industry of the future

13 December 2016 Joint media release with the Hon. Sussan Ley MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care. The Turnbull Government is today launching the $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund, established under the government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda, which will help take Australian biomedical discoveries out of the laboratory and to the patient. Three […]

BioScience Managers Translation Fund to spur Australian jobs and innovation

Melbourne, Australia 13 December, 2016 – BioScience Managers, one of Australia’s leading life sciences investment firms, has been awarded a $100 million investment licence for the Federal Government-backed Biomedical Translation Fund. BioScience Managers is one of three fund managers chosen to invest on behalf of the BTF and will be responsible for $100 million, half from […]

BioScience Managers partners with large UK Venture Capital Trust Fund

Agreement with Downing to launch a new Healthcare Offer for VCT investors A target raise of £10 million with investors able to make monthly contributions High demand likely, with fewer offers open to investment Portfolio to target dividends of at least 4 per cent pa (of net assets) from the fourth year onwards Melbourne, Australia […]

Nexvet Announces Initiation of Pivotal Efficacy Study of Frunevetmab in Cats

DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nexvet Biopharma (Nasdaq:NVET) today announced it has initiated a pivotal field efficacy and safety study of frunevetmab, the Company’s anti-nerve growth factor (NGF) monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy which is being developed as a monthly subcutaneous injectable for the control of pain associated with osteoarthritis in cats. Nexvet expects to report data […]

Adherium’s Smartinhaler selected for multisite study in EU

By Heather Mack December 12, 2016 – link here SHARE 66 Melbourne, Australia-based smart inhaler company Adherium has been selected to supply the technology for a multi-country research program in Europe that will seek to establish whether home monitoring and mobile health tools can be used to manage asthma. Adherium’s Smartinhaler technology, which uses sensors to track […]

New Data Gives Adherium Fuel To Accelerate Digital Tech Adoption in Drug Sector

With nearly 40 published peer-reviewed journal articles under its belt, Adherium is hoping that the latest clinical data which underlines the ability of the company’s Smartinhaler to improve outcomes for children with poorly controlled asthma should boost the pairing of digital technologies with drugs. Download the press release here Or visit Medtech Insight

AmpliPhi Biosciences Announces Favorable Topline Safety and Tolerability Results from Its Phase 1 Trial in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Tuesday October 25, 2016   SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation (NYSEMKT: APHB), a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel bacteriophage-based antibacterial therapeutics, today announced topline results from its Phase 1 trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of AB-SA01, its proprietary investigational phage cocktail targeting Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections in patients suffering […]

REX Stroke and Brain Injury Clinical Trial in Australia

Monday 24 October 2016. 24 October 2016: Rex Bionics Plc (AIM: RXB), the pioneer of the REX Robot technology that enhances the mobility of wheelchair users, is pleased to announce the start of a new clinical trial treating patients who have had a stroke or brain injury, with Robot-Assisted Physiotherapy with REX.   The trial is being […]

BioScience to lure big super – The Australian

Sarah-Jane Tasker – The Australian October 13, 2016 BioScience Managers is a small step away from running a $150 million fund under the government’s Biomedical Translation Fund, a move it says will revitalise the biotech sector. Jeremy Curnock-Cook, the managing director of Melbourne-based BioScience Managers, said the translation fund was an important initiative as it […]

BioScience Managers – New Bioscience Innovation Fund to Boost Australian Healthcare Startups

Melbourne, Australia, 3 October, 2016 – Australia’s innovative healthcare and biomedical research sectors are set for a massive boost with the launch of a new venture capital fund. “This is a breakthrough moment for many earlier stage, unlisted companies,” said BioScience Managers’ managing director Jeremy Curnock Cook. “Access to funding is vital in turning ideas […]