OncoRes Medical

Newly established Perth company OncoRes Medical has secured up to $6 million of funding to commercialise a surgical tool developed by researchers at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the University of Western Australia.

A Nedlands-based tech startup that is aiming to raise $15 million next year has been chosen as joint winner in global finals for international startup competition Pitch@Palace at St James’s Palace, London.

Kimberley Pharmacy Services director and remote area pharmacist Hannah Mann has received the highest honour at this year’s Business News 40under40 Awards, being named First Amongst Equals in a diverse pool of young business and community leaders.

Perth company OncoRes Medical is in the midst of an unusual fundraising campaign, the success of which is tied to the number of clicks on one of its videos on social media (click through to see the video).

The state government has appointed an industry reference group to develop a growth plan for WA’s health and medical life sciences sector to be chaired by Peter Klinken.

SPECIAL REPORT: Despite WA’s history of innovative medical research, the state’s medtech sector continues to grapple with outsider perceptions and its own commercial direction.

OncoRes Medical has been awarded $1 million in federal funding to develop technology that can reduce the need for repeat operations in breast cancer patients.

Perth’s largest drug testing company plans to nearly double capacity as WA attracts attention from global pharmaceutical companies.

The pharmaceutical and medical technology sector in WA has launched an industry association, more than one year after the state government promised its own growth plan for the industry.

A WA-developed imaging device that can reduce the number of repeat surgeries for breast cancer patients has received a major accreditation from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Female researchers and entrepreneurs have powered many of WA’s health care advancements.

WA has many advantages in terms of hosting a thriving medical research and innovation ecosystem.

A device to predict kidney disease and a diagnostic imaging tool for cancer surgery are among the innovations awarded a share of $450,000 for commercialisation.

There’s no shortage of ideas for how WA can attract talent and new industries when the pandemic abates.

Perth companies OncoRes Medical and PhosEnergy are among the latest recipients of federal government research grants, with OncoRes also looking to close a private capital raising.

OncoRes Medical chief executive Katharine Giles has been appointed to the federal government’s newly-created National Reconstruction Fund Board.

A western suburbs research precinct will be turned into WA’s biomedical hub in a move the state government hopes will enable more local manufacturing