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Woolly bandages, ear infections and e-cigarettes are just a few of the subjects to be investigated by recipients of funding from New Zealand’s largest health research funder. This week the Health Research Council (HRC) announced the recipients for its latest funding round, awarding grants to dozens of projects to be undertaken in universities, research institutes […]

New Zealand is good for clinical trials of new treatments and drugs, but a number of barriers are holding back clinical trials in New Zealand, said a panel of speakers at NZBio conference in Auckland today. Listen to the podcast below to hear their views on what needs to happen to encourage more drug companies […]

The Health Research Council (HRC) today announced an investment of $81.88 million into health research. The money, which will go to a number of New Zealand’s top groups and researchers, will fund a wide range of research: from looking at the safety and effectiveness of the wahakura (a woven flax basket used as a bassinet […]