Australia's Research and Development Tax Incentive (R&D Tax Incentive) regime can be useful for pre-commercialisation companies serving as a non-dilutive source of funding.
Progressing new medical treatments or technologies to market is not a cheap exercise and it can be difficult to secure funding from investors (either debt or equity). Even if a company can secure…
Life Sciences
Alterity Therapeutics (ASX:ATH) more than doubled after its Phase 2 results, but its still only $80m
Alterity Therapeutics (ASX:ATH) hit the jackpot last week. Any clinical-stage biotech achieving a positive Phase 2 outcome is good news, because it depicts that the company's drug is not just safe, but that it works too. But while some companies (like Paradigm (ASX:PAR)) are going after markets with existing drugs that need replacement, Alterity is…
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals (ASX:PAR) has been listed for nearly a decade with the goal of bringing its flagship drug pentosan polysulfate sodum (PPS) (now known as Zilosul) to market. It is still a couple of years away, but is about to make a major step towards this goal in starting a Phase 3 trial. And we…
Here Are Our 5 Top ASX Health Stocks for 2025!
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH)
OK, first thing's first. We know this ASX health stock fell 14% on January 8 after it announced a revenue downgrade for Q4. But the past is the past. The company told investors to expect $100-106m revenue in CY25, 55-65% above…
Here are our 6 Best ASX Stocks for 2025!
Opthea (ASX:OPT)
Its been a long wait, but 2025 will finally be the year Opthea (ASX:OPT) investors receive Phase 3 results. Opthea is an optometry biotech developing Sozinibercept - a drug fighting wet AMD. Wet AMD is the leading cause of blindness, impacting 3.5m people annually…
Proteomics (ASX:PIQ) is one of the healthcare stocks to watch in CY25, because it has not one, not two, but three diagnostic tests to be commercialised in Australia, the USA and Europe. It has been a long wait to get to this point, but investors can be confident that there is upside to be realised if…
Investors were evidently pleased with the results out of Island Pharmaceuticals' PROTECT clinical trial...at least if the company's more than doubling in the past two months is anything to go by. The results don't just offer hope to Island's investors, but to people suffering from and vulnerable to Dengue fever, a virus that impacts 400m…
Here are 6 ASX CEOs who departed their companies in 2024
Larry Diamond - Zip (ASX:ZIP)
Since Afterpay's acquisition, Zip (ASX:ZIP) has been the flagship BNPL company of the ASX. It managed to survive a cash crunch, a spectacular collapse in its valuation as interest rates rose, a merger attempt with Sezzle that ended…
There are 2 key milestones awaiting Recce Pharmaceuticals (ASX:RCE) in the next few months that investors in this company need to look out for.
The company has had substantial news flow including clinical trial progress, R&D tax rebates and partnerships for its future clinical endeavours, but only a few have generated significant excitement. Arguably, the most…
Nearly a year since the $8.8bn Chemist Warehouse Sigma merger was unveiled, it seems we finally got a definitive answer as to whether or not it will go ahead. The ACCC investigated the deal and there was the risk of it blocking the deal if it reckons it will lessen competition. After all, it raised…
