From today, Australia’s best and brightest researches can apply for the fourth and final round of the $45 million BioMedTech Horizons (BMTH) program, which has been successful in bringing cutting edge medical devices to market. The Australian Government, through the BMTH program, offers $3.2 million in partnership projects to help get innovative new medical…
E&OE… Topics: Phase 1B rollout, AstraZeneca doses held up in Europe. SCOTT EMERSON: Queensland now has more active coronavirus cases than in anywhere else in Australia. There are 67 active cases here and half are returned travellers from PNG. But we shouldn’t feel discouraged. In the first month of the vaccine rollout,…
The Australian Government is investing $2.1 million over four years, making it easier for Australians with diabetes to monitor their condition. From November 1, point-of-care glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) tests will be listed on Medicare, funding 19,000 tests for Australians with previously diagnosed diabetes. Around one in twenty Australian adults have diabetes. The condition…
E&OE… Topics: Maeve’s Law; COVID-19 vaccine rollout; assistance to PNG. GREG HUNT: Good morning everybody and I’m delighted to be joined this morning by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Australia Professor Michael Kidd. We’ll very shortly give you an update on the very heartening news from the TGA that not…