NZBio

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinMarch 21, 2011

Clinical trials – New Zealand is missing the boat

I’m at the NZBio conference in Auckland over the next couple of days, so in a good position to see what is preoccupying the country’s biotechnology sector. One simmering issue has already been aired – the ad hoc and often ineffective way we approach conducting clinical trials of drugs and treatments in New Zealand. According […]

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinOctober 23, 2009

Is a replacement for the dumped R&D tax credits on the cards?

As Sciblogger Shaun Hendy has pointed out, the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology has issued a feedback document on its priorities for science and technology and called for submissions on how to make the science system deliver more for New Zealand. In the introduction to the paper, Science Minister Wayne Mapp wastes no time […]