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BIO 2008, the world's largest conference for the biotechnology industry, is being held in San Diego from June 16. In our annual preview, we take a look at how the Australian sector is travelling.

Eastland's under the tongue, Bionomics disrupts further, Novogen adds on and Mesoblast's arthritic sheep.

Biotechs crunchy, Mesoblast keen, LabTech launches and NeuroDiscovery averts pain.

With AusBiotech 2007 being held in Brisbane next week, ALS takes its bi-annual survey of the state of the industry.

It hasn't been the best year on record for the Australian biotechnology industry but things should improve somewhat next year. Kate McDonald reports that the fragility of the sector is sure to be a topic of discussion at this year's AusBiotech conference.

The value of the Australian life science sector declined 3.5 per cent during the fourth quarter, ending 30 June 2006, according to the latest BioForum report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

The Australian life sciences industry has grown significantly in the past five years and shows signs of a positive future, according to the 15th edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers' quarterly BioForum report.