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    GOVERNMENT BUSINESS 
    Murdoch opens CRO in Malaysia deal


    WESTERN Australia’s Murdoch University will launch a new contract research organisation targeting the WA drug development sector, after signing a memorandum of understanding with Malaysian CRO Info Kinetics.
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    FDA to issue trial side effect guidance


    Kids’ diversion device wins Technium Challenge


    Research Australia calls for more funding into medical research


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    AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH 
    New veterinary biotech to launch


    SYDNEY-based Special Phage Holdings (SPH) and animal product distribution company International Animal Health Products (IAHP) will team up to develop a new range of novel antibacterial veterinary pharmaceutical products, based on SPH’s proprietary bacteriophage technology, according to the companies.
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    HEALTH BIOTECH 
    Not disappointed in trial results: Fermiscan


    FERMISCAN chief executive David Young says he is not disappointed by the results of the company’s breast cancer diagnostic tests, despite the large-scale trial returning an overall accuracy of only around 75%, for undamaged hair samples.
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    New trial for pSivida in wet AMD


    Recruitment delays slow Novogen progress


    Merck wins worst news week award


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    INDUSTRIAL BIOTECH 
    Biomedical Asia proves rewarding for Maccine


    SINGAPORE-based company Maccine was presented the award for Best Preclinical or Clinical Contract Research Organisation at Biomedical Asia 2008 recently.
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    INDUSTRY ISSUES 
    FDA to issue trial side effect guidance


    THE US Food and Drug Administration will shortly issue final guidance on reporting adverse events and unanticipated problems in clinical trials, according to the US regulator.
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    Merck wins worst news week award


    Bronchitol to get second trial: Pharmaxis


    IP Australia develops new database


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    Not disappointed in trial results: Fermiscan


    FERMISCAN chief executive David Young says he is not disappointed by the results of the company’s breast cancer diagnostic tests, despite the large-scale trial returning an overall accuracy of only around 75%, for undamaged hair samples.
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    Murdoch opens CRO in Malaysia deal


    WESTERN Australia’s Murdoch University will launch a new contract research organisation targeting the WA drug development sector, after signing a memorandum of understanding with Malaysian CRO Info Kinetics.
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    FDA to issue trial side effect guidance


    THE US Food and Drug Administration will shortly issue final guidance on reporting adverse events and unanticipated problems in clinical trials, according to the US regulator.
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    VivaGel clears expanded Phase 1


    STARPHARMA’S lead microbicide has been cleared for further development, after an expanded Phase 1 study of the compound showed it was safe and well tolerated when administered vaginally over a 14-day period.
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    New trial for pSivida in wet AMD


    A NEW investigator sponsored trial for pSivida’s Medidur drug delivery device has begun enrolment, according to the company, trialling the device as a delivery mechanism for Genentech’s Lucentis in patients with age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).
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    Recruitment delays slow Novogen progress


    NOVOGEN has extended the recruitment window for the company’s pivotal Phase 3 OVArian TUmor REsponse (OVATURE) clinical study of phenoxodiol, announcing yesterday that the increase in the recruitment period would also allow the company to drop the number of patients enrolled in the trial to 340, down from the 470 initially envisaged.
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    Cleveland Biosensors first sales come ‘out of the blue’


    UNLISTED Queensland instrument company Cleveland Biosensors has made the first commercial sales of the company’s BioFiniti microcystin biosensor kits to US-based Desert Lake Technologies this week.
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    Helicon buys another licence for the Chinese market


    PERTH-based licensing engine Helicon has acquired the exclusive licensing rights from EUSA Pharma for antibiotic delivery device Collatamp G for the Chinese market.
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    Oral PTH quickly released by Bone drug


    BONE Medical has released new analysis of results from the company’s Phase 1/2 trial of oral osteoporosis drug CaPTHymone, showing that the compound increases levels of plasma calcium in the bloodstream relatively quickly and demonstrating that the drug is orally available.
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    Kids’ diversion device wins Technium Challenge


    BRISBANE-based unlisted medical therapy device company Diversionary Therapy Technologies (DTT) may be in a position to secure a comprehensive UK start-up package, after winning the Australian leg of the International Technium Challenge, a business planning competition for technology firms.
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    Market Pulse: Steady as she goes


    THE Australian biotechnology sector was comparatively stable last week with only a few significant gains and losses.
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    Capital raising a boost for biotech: Experts


    THE news that Phosphagenics has completed a $9.1 million capital raising is a shot in the arm for the whole biotechnology industry, according to industry analysts.
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    OvPlex finds the mark


    HEALTHLINX and ARL Pathology will begin the marketing and mass distribution of OvPlex, their new ovarian cancer biomarkers, in the third quarter of 2008. Using a simple blood test the companies say the product is the most accurate ovarian cancer diagnostic on the market.
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    Merck wins worst news week award


    GLOBAL pharmaceutical company Merck has had a stunning run of bad news in recent weeks earning it a silver medal from analysts for the worst news week.
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