Adam Liberman, a partner at law firm Freehills, has been appointed vice-president of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), a global intellectual property organisations. [ + ]

Australian biotechnology companies need to think very carefully about who they partner with, according to Garry Redlich, managing director of Peplin Biotech. [ + ]

A new deal with US firm Lumenis will allow South Australian company Ellex Medical Lasers to design, develop and manufacture a range of lasers to treat secondary cataracts and glaucoma. [ + ]

Biopharmaceutical research and development group Virax Holdings has announced it has finished recruiting patients to its HIV treatment trial. [ + ]

The recent deaths of two tourists thought to have been stung by tiny, previously unknown species of jellyfish off tropical Queensland beaches has sparked a call for extensive research funding. [ + ]

Spending on IT products and services by life science companies will reach $US38 billion by 2006, according to market analyst IDC. [ + ]

Drug discovery group GroPep (ASX: GRO) has forecast a $4 million loss this year despite predicting profits of $1.9 million for 2001-02 just two months ago. [ + ]

Sydney-based biotechnology company Polartechnics has came out on top with two design awards for its cervical cancer detection device, TruScan. [ + ]

Cryogenic storage of umbilical cord blood has been given the thumbs up by Australian investors, with today's announcement that Cryosite's IPO closed early and oversubscribed. [ + ]

Australia needs a separate statutory body to investigate scientific fraud and misconduct, according to Sydney University academic Assoc Prof Merilyn Walton. [ + ]

The co-existence of genetically modified (GM) and organic farming was hotly debated at a meeting hosted by the Life Sciences Network last week. [ + ]

New Zealand's pastoral sector is planning to pool its resources in a new bid to reduce the amount of methane gas emissions from the country's livestock. [ + ]

Embryonic stem cell research company ES Cell International has received a Victorian government infrastructure grant to set up a stem cell production facility in Melbourne. [ + ]

The tragic death of a CSIRO lab team member in an airlock last December has prompted the organisation to make sweeping changes to its lab equipment and staff procedures. [ + ]

Research proving that the immune system roams the body hunting out malignancies has led to an international award for a Melbourne scientist. [ + ]