Treasury Wine Estates, the maker of Penfolds wine, is preparing to re-enter the Chinese market as soon as the market reopens as expected to Australian exports. The company, which reoriented itself towards luxury and premium wine brands to make up for the loss of profits from China, told investors that it expected China to release…
Syntara has announced that a Phase 2 trial evaluating the combination treatment of its SNT-5505 with chemotherapy will go ahead for patients with a form of blood cancer. In a statement this week, the ASX-listed drug development company – formerly known as Pharmaxis – said that its SNT-5505 (previously known as PXS-5505) would be trialled…
Visy has officially opened its upgraded glass recycling facility at Laverton, Victoria which recently doubled processing capacity to 200,000 tonnes per annum. According to a statement from state environment minister Steve Dimopoulos – who opened the facility on Thursday – the $50 million expansion includes delivering 20 new optical sorters for processing glass pieces as…
The federal government has published the latest Science, Research and Innovation budget tables, and will spend $12.6 billion in the 2023 – 24 financial year, made up of $9.2 billion in direct R&D and $3.4 billion through the Research and Development Tax Incentive. According to a statement on Thursday from industry minister Ed Husic, the…
By Anya Phelan, Griffith University After the memorable collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastic recycling program REDcycle in late 2022, a new scheme is emerging. It’s remarkably similar, albeit on a much smaller scale. The trial underway in 12 Melbourne supermarkets intends, once again, to provide customers with an in-store option for recycling “scrunchable” food…
