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Introducing the 2035 Vision Start-up Investment Pitch and Platform
Are you one of Oceania’s key disruptive start-up businesses developing solutions to meet the challenge?
17 December 2021
Introducing the 2035 Vision Start-up Investment Pitch and Platform
17 December 2021
Are you one of Oceania’s key disruptive start-up businesses developing solutions to meet the challenge?
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NZ biotech companies strong, despite lockdown restrictions
11 November 2021
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Medicinal cannabis summit moved to February 2022
26 October 2021
New Zealand’s largest medicinal cannabis summit comes at an exciting time.
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Top scientists call for urgent COVID vaccine strategy to ensure New Zealand’s health and economic viability
Some of New Zealand’s top scientists are urging the need for a national COVID-19 vaccine programme to ensure New Zealand is best placed
15 April 2020
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Agritech in New Zealand Industry Transformation Plan
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has published the final draft of the Agritech in New Zealand Industry Transformation Plan.
12 February 2020
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Agriculture Minister Damian O’Connor calls for conversation about genetic engineering
Agriculture Minister Damian O’Connor has said New Zealand “needs to have a sensible, mature conversation about genetic engineering.”
31 July 2019
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Whatever happened to the plan to make Aotearoa a green tech giant?
Two decades on since ‘100% Pure’ New Zealand is slipping behind in environmental innovation. We need to act now to preserve our hard-won global image, writes James Araci. This year will be the 20th anniversary of New Zealand’s ‘100% Pure’ tourism campaign. Whatever you think of that slogan, there’s no doubt it has created billions of … Continue reading "Whatever happened to the plan to make Aotearoa a green tech giant?"
22 March 2019
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New Zealand urgently needs a biotech strategy
Auckland – New Zealand urgently needs a biotech strategy because it is critical to the future of the country’s economy, BiotechNZ executive director Zahra Champion says.
27 February 2019
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Be part of Scale-Up New Zealand
In April, Callaghan Innovation launches Scale-Up New Zealand, a free online platform with verified information on Aotearoa New Zealand’s vibrant innovation ecosystem.
19 February 2019
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Major NZ clean tech company head in NZ to promote biotech
The founder of one of New Zealand’s biggest biotech companies, Dr Sean Simpson, is back in New Zealand this week attending key board meetings for the next wave of Kiwi success stories, BiotechNZ executive director Zahra Champion says. Simpson, the founder of LanzaTech which started life in a Kiwi basement in 2005 and has gone on to … Continue reading "Major NZ clean tech company head in NZ to promote biotech"
14 November 2018
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New Zealand company collaborates on FDA approval of a novel treatment for river blindness
Argenta Limited, a New Zealand animal health company, has worked with Medicines Development for Global Health (MDGH), a not-for-profit Australian biopharmaceutical company, to gain US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval of an innovative treatment for river blindness.
28 June 2018