15 December 2020
We’ve almost made it to the end of the year, and what a year it’s been!
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02 December 2020
“Our research has identified a number of barriers that need to be overcome to enable the growth of the New Zealand biotechnology market.
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01 December 2020
What New Zealand has over most other countries includes the fact that the country has strict quarantine standards and border security, the report says.
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30 November 2020
Increasingly, consumers are demanding ethically focused products with the least waste or environmental impact. This is creating new markets for biotechnology that can help reduce waste or create value from waste.
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26 November 2020
New Zealand has huge capabilities in growing plants for medicine for the soaring pharmaceutical and consumer health industry, a defining new biotech economic study report says. The landmark BioTechNZ study analysed the state of biotechnology and its impact and benefits for the New Zealand economy and society. New Zealand coupled with its wealth of knowledge … Continue reading "Tech Futures Lab partners with The FoodBowl"
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24 November 2020
It highlights the importance of biotech and how it can contribute to New Zealand’s economic growth and diversification, as well as its ability to help make New Zealand cleaner, healthier and more prosperous.
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Tech Futures Lab and The FoodBowl have partnered up to provide access to practical knowledge and expertise on food technology and innovation through the Master of Applied Practice – Technological Futures. This new partnership complements the recent partnership between Tech Futures Lab and Lincoln
September 13, 2017
On Midwestern fields and in research greenhouses, agricultural giants like Monsanto Co. and BASF SA are teaching machines how to farm. The companies are expanding early-stage investments in artificial intelligence, joining other industries in betting that research and decision-making can be strea
September 13, 2017
Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that Celonic AG, a Swiss contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is upgrading its manufacturing facility with five of Merck's Mobius(R) single-use bioreactors. Celonic, which produces biosimilars and also offers
September 13, 2017
A National Government will partner with farmers and growers to develop new farming technology and practices that lift productivity and further reduce farming’s environmental footprint, Primary Industries spokesperson Nathan Guy says. “National will turbo-charge the Sustainable Farming Fund, w
September 12, 2017
A tech company that helps farmers improve crop yields will list on the Australian Securities Exchange on Tuesday. CropLogic has raised the $8 million it sought in an IPO, and said it was even offered $1 million on top of that during the offer period. Forty million ordinary shares will be issued a
September 12, 2017
Kiwi agtech play CropLogic’s ASX debut disappointed investors, finishing its first day down 23 per cent from its IPO price at 15.5c. The company, which offers crop management technology-as-a-service focused, for now, on potato crops, raised its target $8 million during the IPO, selling 40 milli
September 12, 2017
Australian life sciences investment firm BioScience Managers has chosen a robotic exercise assist device (REX) as its first investment for the Biomedical Translation Fund. The REX Bionics robotic device has been in development for over a decade and has racked up thousands of hours of user experie
September 12, 2017
Tru-Test Corp has hired Simon Mander to lead the agritech company as it looks to build earnings after a hard round of cost-cutting in response to last year’s dairy downturn. Mander started at the Auckland-based company today, replacing Greg Muir who stepped down after more than eight years in t
September 11, 2017
Twenty years ago this week, husband and wife Dr Hartley Atkinson and Marree Atkinson, started AFT Pharmaceuticals (AFT) in a room off their home garage. Last year the NZX and ASX listed company earned revenue of NZ$70M and has a market capitalisation of around NZ$250M. Reflecting on 20 years in
August 31, 2017