PERTH, Australia – Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has cleared Speedx Pty Ltd.’s PlexPCR SARS-CoV-2 test, which detects all current circulating variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at a time when most of the country is in lockdown as the delta variant circulates.
PERTH, Australia – The Treasury Department is seeking feedback from industry stakeholders on its discussion paper on a patent box policy, which was first announced in the May 2021 federal budget.
PERTH, Australia – Bioinformatic and cell technology company Genieus Genomics Ltd. is using the power of the human genome to build a platform for neurodegenerative diseases to develop diagnostic tests for personalized medicines.
PERTH, Australia – In a possible world-first decision, an Australian court has ruled that artificial intelligence can be named as the inventor of a patent.
PERTH, Australia – The Australian government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has funded a new program called the Artificial Heart Frontiers Program that aims to develop and commercialize a world-first durable total artificial heart. The Medical Research Future Fund has provided A$1 million (US$739,000) in funding that will establish the program over the next five years.
PERTH, Australia – In a possible world-first decision, an Australian court has ruled that artificial intelligence can be named as the inventor of a patent. Federal Court Justice Jonathan Beach ruled in Thaler v. Commissioner of Patents that under Australian patent law, inventors don’t necessarily have to be human.
PERTH, Australia – Soft tissue regeneration company Aroa Biosurgery Ltd. completed a A$47 million (US$34.72 million) placement on the Australian Securities Exchange that will allow the company to accelerate and broaden its pipeline. What sets Auckland, New Zealand-based Aroa apart from other regenerative tissue companies is the rate of tissue regeneration with Aroa’s scaffold and its affordability, Aroa founder and CEO Brian Ward told BioWorld.
PERTH, Australia – After raising A$10 million (US$7.36 million) in its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange, BCAL Diagnostics Ltd. is racing to commercialize its noninvasive, blood-based in vitro diagnostic to detect breast cancer. The Breast Cancer Associated Lipids (BCAL) test is taken via a blood sample and analyzed for lipid biomarkers.
PERTH, Australia – Australia was one of the first nations to slam its borders shut during the pandemic, praising its efforts in containing COVID-19 infections.
PERTH, Australia – Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is proposing refinements to the regulation of devices that consist of substances introduced into the human body via a body orifice or applied to the skin.
