18 March 2025
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director Reflecting on our journey from 2017—when NZBIO faced financial challenges and joined the NZTech Group—to today is truly remarkable. Four years of … Continue reading "The booming market of bovine-based pharmaceuticals"
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12 February 2025
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director As we kick off the year, BioTechNZ is already moving full speed ahead with exciting developments in the biotech sector. There is … Continue reading "The booming market of bovine-based pharmaceuticals"
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16 December 2024
It has been a landmark year for BioTechNZ and our members. Let's take a moment to reflect on the progress and achievements of 2024!
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30 September 2024
Kia ora, In this issue Insights from our Executive Director The more I work in this role the more excited I am about the convergence of once-siloed technologies across multidisciplinary … Continue reading "The booming market of bovine-based pharmaceuticals"
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03 September 2024
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director During the last month there has been plenty of discussion in the media regarding gene technologies – should our companies and researchers … Continue reading "The booming market of bovine-based pharmaceuticals"
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02 September 2024
We can’t wait to reconnect at Aotearoa New Zealand’s 2025 Life Science Summit – Uniting biology and technology to unleash potential. 18-19 March, 2025 at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre. Click here … Continue reading "The booming market of bovine-based pharmaceuticals"
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21 June 2024
It has been another busy month for biotech. More than 35 Kiwis travelled to the BIO International Convention in San Diego.
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06 March 2024
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director This year feels like it’s going to be a fast game, but a good game for the biotech sector! I am incredibly … Continue reading "The booming market of bovine-based pharmaceuticals"
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A pericardium looks more like a cheese slice than high-value biomaterial suitable for repairing human hearts. This thin, light, white sheet of collagen - sourced from New Zealand cattle - is fast becoming one of the most sought-after products in the increasingly lucrative biomedical industry. Th
January 24, 2018
Some medicinal cannabis users say they can see hope but no material changes for them in the government's proposed legislation. The Misuse of Drugs amendment Bill tabled yesterday sets up a regulated domestic cannabis industry, makes it easier to access medical marijuana products and lets the term
December 21, 2017
Kiwis are being urged to have their say on gene-editing technologies, as our leading body for science today sets out how they could be used to combat pests or replace faulty genes. Gene editing has been at the centre of a fast-moving global revolution, fuelled by advances such as the CRISPR-Cas s
December 19, 2017
A Tairāwhiti group looking to optimise the sustainable growth and harvest of Kānuka is set to receive up to $242,000 from the Ministry for Primary Industries for its erosion control benefits. Hikurangi Bioactives Limited Partnership, a majority community-owned charitable company, is looking to
December 8, 2017
An AgTech startup in New Zealand, Engender Technologies has created a new microfluidic and photonic technology to sort livestock sperm by sex to enrich X chromosome-bearing bull sperm cells. The new technology uses lasers to orient sperm cells and look inside those sperm cells as well as separate
December 6, 2017
When Kiwi rat killing expert Doctor James Russell was told his research was being sized up for United States military funding, he wasn't surprised. "The US military - they have very long fingers. Even through the universities in New Zealand, they have a representative that comes around and just a
December 4, 2017
We've been hearing a lot about this technology over recent years - yet the concept has been about for half a century. The concept of a synthetic gene drive was devised almost 50 years ago by Christopher Curtis who proposed rearranging genetic material to "drive" anti-pathogenic genes into wild sp
December 4, 2017
Living Cell Technologies Limited has filed a provisional patent for pericyte protective agents titled “PERICYTE PROTECTIVE AGENTS FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS INCLUDING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES AND OTHERS”. The invention in this provisional patent arises from
November 8, 2017
Several years ago, scientists discovered a technique known as CRISPR/Cas9, which allowed them to edit DNA more efficiently than ever before. Since then, CRISPR science has exploded; it’s become one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of research, transforming everything from medicine to
October 25, 2017