Limitless: ResApp co-founder Brian Leedman talks about the challenges of commercialising tech in Perth after the company was acquired by Pfizer for $179 million.
Pfizer takeover target ResApp has had its valuation cut after its COVID-19 detecting cough tool failed to meet performance requirements needed to lock in an improved all-cash offer for the business.
Pfizer has made a $100 million bid for WA-founded med-tech company ResApp Health, as it announces a six-month research partnership for COVID-19 products.
SPECIAL REPORT: Despite WA's history of innovative medical research, the state's medtech sector continues to grapple with outsider perceptions and its own commercial direction.
Andrew Forrest has run a nimble and remarkably successful campaign to procure medical equipment from China, while WA's healthcare community has rallied to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Steve Carolan, founder and non-executive director of CV Check, will be stepping down from the company at the end of May, in an effort to reduce costs and size of the board during t
Our daily board moves wrap includes Morgan Ball, Egan Antill, Brian Mumme, Luke Graham, Nathan Buzza, Terry Barr, Peter Hill, Tristan Farel, Peter Bird, and Mike Joyce.
The ASX has launched a technology index with 46 constituent companies and while several, such as Nearmap and ResApp Health, have a WA connection, none are based in Perth.
Shares in digital health company ResApp Health have closed up 33 per cent today to 20 cents, after it received European regulatory approval for its first commercial product – the ResAppDx-EU.
Shares in medical tech firm ResApp Health have more than halved today, after the company released the preliminary results of a new US study on its technology.
Medical tech company ResApp Health has announced a $7.5 million capital raising as it moves to commercialise its smartphone app, which aims to diagnose and manage respiratory diseases.
Shares in medical tech company ResApp Health slumped today after it released positive test results, following a spike in the share price leading up to the announcement.
ResApp Health, a digital health company developing smartphone applications for the diagnosis and management of respiratory disease has appointed Nathan Buzza as non-executive director.
SPECIAL REPORT: Backdoor-listed technology businesses and mining hopefuls have joined the state's top performers in financial year 2016 in Business News's annual analysis of total shareholder returns.
Carnegie Wave Energy has topped Techboard's startup ranking this fortnight, following the announcement of its acquisition of fellow cleantech Energy Made Clean (ranked second) for $13 million earlier this week.
Power Ledger remains in the top spot on Techboard's ranking table for the second fortnight running, having announced its first commercial deal for the provision of its technology platform.
Half of the top twelve trending companies in Techboard's ranking this fortnight are health-techs, with Perth continuing to assert its credentials in the space.
SPECIAL REPORT: Advances in technology are changing the interaction between healthcare providers and consumers, providing greater competition and choice.
Shark Mitigation Systems has climbed to the top of Techboard's latest ranking of startup companies, having spent the previous three fortnights at number two.
Local companies Avita Medical, Nuheara and ResApp Health have all featured in this fortnight's Techboard list, which ranks the online presence of Perth tech firms.
Ardiden has appointed Bradley Boyle as executive director and Michael Stares as general manager – Canadian operations. Mr Boyle was formerly a managing director of Triton Minerals.
Norwood Systems and ResApp Health are small tech companies with global potential and, judging by their share price gains this month, investors have latched on to the latter.
Perth technology company Velpic has enjoyed a strong debut on the ASX today, with its shares jumping 188 per cent above the pricing of its recent $4 million capital raising.
Shares in recently listed companies Norwood Systems and ResApp Health have surged in recent weeks as investors warm to the wave of tech companies completing reverse takeovers.
Digital medicine developer ResApp Health has announced its second clinical trial program in Perth as it seeks to accelerate the testing of its smartphone-based diagnosis of respiratory disease.
The market appetite for backdoor listings of tech stocks continues unabated, with Magnolia Resources securing $7 million in funding commitments and Potash Minerals becoming the fifth exploration company from Western Australia to head down the tech path this month.
Perth-based biotech company ResApp Health had a steady first day of trade on the ASX today, after being acquired by Narhex Life Sciences in an $11 million backdoor listing.
