New Zealand’s first medicinal cannabis summit announced

13 September 2019

BioTechNZ has announced New Zealand’s first international medicinal cannabis summit, aiming to provide a catalyst for Kiwis to maximise opportunities in the country’s newest sector. MedCan 2020 will take place on Thursday 19 March 2020 at Sky City Convention Centre, signalling the launch of New Zealand’s regulated medical cannabis market next year. “The purpose of … Continue reading "Applications open for Dumont d’Urville"

One step forward two back, is NZ dancing into a Biotech backwater?

05 September 2019

Spring is here! And August has been an interesting month of media.

MP Biomedicals New Zealand Limited

04 September 2019

MP Biomedicals New Zealand Ltd (MP Bio) is a specialized manufacturer of high-quality bovine proteins and has gained an international reputation in providing bovine plasma proteins to the global bio-pharmaceutical, animal health and diagnostic industry, and to prominent research institutes in New Zealand and abroad for various mammalian cell culture research and embryo transfer applications.

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Applications open for Dumont d’Urville

New Zealand researchers have the chance to work in France thanks to the Dumont d’Urville, a programme that aims to foster new partnerships and developing science and technology exchanges between research laboratories of excellence. The grant will pay for up to $80,000 in total per project for up to two years for travel, research expenses … Continue reading

16 August 2019

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NZ slow to grab slice of the lucrative global legal cannabis market

NZ will miss out on billions of dollars of exports in the fast-growing global legal cannabis industry, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.

09 August 2019

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Queenstown staging major life sciences events tomorrow

Queenstown will tomorrow host one of the most significant life sciences conferences in New Zealand.

24 July 2019

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Gene editing has a crucial role to play in reducing emissions

Gene editing has a crucial role to play in reducing emissions to deal with climate change, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.

10 July 2019