Australian drug manufacturer, Amrad, wins a U.S. patent for therapeutic antibodies used to treat asthma and other respiratory diseases.

According to an Asia Pulse report, the Melbourne-based biotech company signed a joint collaboration agreement with U.S.-based pharmaceutical Merck & Co Inc at $112 million, excluding royalties on product sales

Clemson University and the Greenwood Genetic Center have decided to work together towards finding causes and remedies for birth disorders. Both have signed a $15 million agreement.

The initiative has been named as Genetics Collaborative

Indonesia confirms its first human deaths from bird flu, Wednesday, after a man and his two daughters died, bringing the virus' Asian death toll to at least 57.

Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, told reporters Hong Kong lab tests showed the 38-year-old man and his two young girls had the H5N1 strain of bird flu

Officials announced Tuesday, a pet hamster blamed for spreading a virus that killed three transplant patients in April, was traced to an Ohio-based distribution center, which supplies hamsters to pet stores across the East Coast.

State and federal investigators quarantined the distribution center Monday, and plan on testing the animals for the virus, in hopes of tracing its origin

Autism activists planned a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, to press their contention that the government has covered up evidence linking autism to a mercury-based product once used in vaccines, according to Reuters.

They will also demand more research into autism, which they say is a growing problem