Brisbane-based biotechnology company Vaxxas published new research on Wednesday showing promising results for its needle-free vaccine delivery technology. The company’s high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) – a small patch containing thousands of tiny projections coated with vaccine – successfully delivered a DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine in animal testing, according to research published in the science journal Heliyon.…
Moderna has opened the Southern Hemisphere’s only mRNA vaccine manufacturing site in Victoria, aiming to make 100 million doses a year.
Completion rates for vocational education and training (VET) qualifications held steady at a high rate according to the latest report released today by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The VET qualification completion rates 2023 report shows that 47.3 percent of all VET qualifications that commenced in 2019 – the year before the…
A piece of research from the early days of the pandemic, involving a team including Swinburne University researchers and additive manufacturing company SPEE3D, has received recognition from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in the United States. According to a short statement from the university on Friday, Director of Swinburne’s Manufacturing Futures Research Platform Professor…
Drug development company IDT Australia and pharmaceutical business Sanofi have signed an agreement for the good manufacturing practice (cGMP) manufacture of Sanofi’s mRNA vaccines now under development. The partners will collaborate to advance mRNA-based vaccine formulation, development and manufacture at IDT’s aseptic sterile injectables filling facilities in Melbourne (pictured) in volumes needed for clinical trials…
UNSW Sydney biosensing engineers have developed technology to make portable RAT test strips just as accurate as PCR tests carried out in a laboratory. While lab-based PCR tests take two days to show the COVID-19 virus, the test strips offer rapid, on-the-spot disease detection. Senior researcher Professor Ewa Goldys, with UNSW’s Graduate School of Biomedical…
Detmold Medical which began manufacturing face masks as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has launched a new range of Tri-Panel Respirators (pictured) and a Surgical Mask with Visor. According to the Adelaide company, which geared up to make 145 million masks during the pandemic, the new Australian made masks offer wearers extra protection, comfort…
Viraleze shows efficacy in Covid-19 patients – Starpharma Starpharma’s Viraleze antiviral nasal spray has demonstrated antiviral efficacy in a placebo-controlled study in participants with Covid-19. Viraleze achieved a statistically significant reduction in SARS-CoV-2 viral load, in the cohort of participants aged 45 and over. Viral load in the nose was reduced by 80 percent less…
WA offers new Defence Ready Initiative grants The Western Australian government has opened applications for the latest round of Defence Ready Initiative grants to support local businesses in the defence sector. The purpose of the $200,000 investment is to assist small and medium enterprises enhance their capability, capacity and competitiveness to enter or expand their…
Coomera, Queensland luxury boatbuilder, Riviera has welcomed a record intake of 52 first apprentices including 12 females, adding to more than 400 tradespeople trained at the company over the past three decades. In total 27 are school based apprentices and 25 are full time apprentices. The motor yacht sector has been riding a significant economic…
