Why doesn't Australia make more medicines? Wouldn't that fix drug shortages?

About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. So, could we prevent medication shortages if Australia made more medicines?

12 May 2025
A man in a laboratory holds a vial up to his face

Research and development funding programs unlock benefits for Australian businesses

A UQ-led survey found businesses that engage in research and development programs are more financially successful.

12 May 2025
A man and a woman look at a clipboard in a factory while surrounded by boxes

An innovation expert who is an Honorary Professor at The University of Queensland Business School has been appointed as Vice-President of Imperial College London, one of the world’s top 10 universities.

1 March 2013

University of Queensland lecturer Dr Jie Wang has received international recognition for her research on crisis planning in the Australian accommodation industry.

1 March 2013

Two scientists from The University of Queensland are leading a call to legalise international trade in rhinoceros horn in a bid to save the animals from extinction.

28 February 2013

The University of Queensland will share a $3.3 million CSIRO grant to investigate the most economically efficient energy network for Australia’s future.

28 February 2013

A new book written by researchers from The University of Queensland and Queensland Health offers a unique guide for therapists and professionals to successfully work with children.

28 February 2013
Fifth year dental student Brett Steele and Senior Dental Assistant Julie Davidson outside UQ's new dental clinic at the Ipswich campus

A new dental clinic at The University of Queensland Ipswich campus opens to the public in March, adding to local dental services and offering an alternative to private and Queensland Health community clinics.

27 February 2013

The University of Queensland has supported the release of the university sector’s first comprehensive higher education policy agenda, A Smarter Australia, as a pivotal step in ensuring that the central role of universities in Australia’s future is...

27 February 2013

Early diagnosis and intervention of ADHD, autism and schizophrenia could be made possible after Australian scientists discovered the molecular networks in the brain showing psychiatric and developmental disorders.

27 February 2013

Australian researchers are harnessing a world-first scientific discovery to develop a stress-test for coral, to measure how coral reefs are being impacted by pressures from climate change and human activity.

27 February 2013
UQ’s Dr Emma Hamilton-Williams secures funding for her research into identifying immune pathways responsible for causing type 1 diabetes.

Research toward understanding the developmental risk of type 1 diabetes is a step closer after a major funding grant to The University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute.

27 February 2013

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) have designed a relationship education program to help couples combat the stresses of military life.

26 February 2013