Film and animation studios look to Australia as huge game-changer pool gets built in Melbourne
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This huge water tank has been described as a game changer for Victoria s film industry.
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Australia is about to get a massive new 900,000-litre water tank for filming blockbuster movies on home soil.
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World-renowned animation studio Bento Box is setting up its first international studio in Melbourne
Video game developers say the sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world
The huge pool is 4.5 metres deep and is currently being built at Victoria s Docklands Studios inside one of the largest sound stages in the southern hemisphere, to attract more filmmakers Down Under.
Published: Mar 12, 2021
Lonza to Commission a Dedicated Suite for Clinical and Commercial Supply of Altimmune’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate at its Houston Facility
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and BASEL, Switzerland, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has expanded its previously-announced AdCOVID manufacturing collaboration with Lonza. Under the expanded agreement, Lonza will commission a dedicated manufacturing suite for clinical and commercial production of AdCOVID, Altimmune’s single-dose intranasal vaccine candidate for COVID-19, at its facility near Houston, Texas.
“Manufacturing capacity for COVID-19 vaccines has been severely constrained, and this limitation has presented considerable challenges for vaccine developers,” said Dr. Vyjayanthi Krishnan, Ph.D., Vice President of Product Development for Altimmune. “By expanding our Lonza collaboration and commissioning our own d
Print article After I moved to a Republican Senate district a few years back, I suggested to my representatives in Juneau that they should work to pass a comprehensive approach to our budget crisis, including new revenue. Oh no, was the response from my senator, it’s too early for that, we need to cut the budget first. OK, maybe, but after they cut it as much as they apparently could and we started spending our reserves, they still refused to do anything we’re in a recession, we can’t impose new taxes now. When Gov. Bill Walker proposed an income tax, the majority didn’t try to amend it or suggest an alternative, but simply refused to consider it. And so we went through some $15 billion in reserves.
Published: Mar 15, 2021
VLP Therapeutics, Inc. (VLPT) announced that it has named Ms.
Miwa Toyoda, formerly a venture capitalist specialized in pharma and biotech at JAFCO Group Co., Ltd., as chief business officer, effective March 15, in a bid to accelerate its vaccine research and development projects and expand the portfolio.
Miwa s incredible skillset and experience will help expedite our vaccine projects and put the technologies to use.
From December 2014 to January 2021, Ms. Toyoda was a venture capitalist at JAFCO Group in Japan, where she led investments in five biotech/medtech companies at home and abroad, and served on the Boards or as an observer, providing hands-on support for their organization structuring, hiring, business development, fund raising, etc. She also provided business consultation as a specialist at the Medical Innovation Support Office (MEDISO) sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and assistance with technology transfe
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Insurance Ombudsman gets wider powers under amended rules
04 March 2021
Government on Tuesday notified comprehensive amendments to the Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017, with a view to improve the working of the Insurance Ombudsman mechanism and facilitate resolution of complaints regarding deficiencies in insurance services in a timely, cost-effective and impartial manner.
The amended rules have enlarged the scope of complaints to Ombudsmen from only disputes earlier to deficiencies in service on the part of insurers, agents, brokers and other intermediaries. Further, insurance brokers have been brought within the ambit of the Ombudsman mechanism, by empowering the Ombudsmen to pass awards against insurance brokers as well.