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
Professor Alan Lopez

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and AusAID are joining forces with the newly-formed AusAID Knowledge Hubs to fund a $4 million project aimed at reducing the millions of maternal and child deaths that occur globally each year.

31 March 2009

A new study has found that the children of mothers who gain excessive weight during pregnancy are still at risk for obesity once they reach adulthood.

31 March 2009

UniQuest start-up company, Lightanate Pty Ltd, has secured a major, confidential seven-figure investment to commercialise titanium-based technologies.

31 March 2009
Karin Maritz

When it comes to sex, sea sponges are certainly not monogamous.

31 March 2009
Frederico Muzzi

UQ research into the way Brazil is dealing with dengue fever could have lessons for Queensland.

30 March 2009
Sophie Crockcroft

UQ Business School information systems expert Dr Sophie Cockcroft will share her research with middle-school girls at the Technology Takes You Anywhere conference on Monday 6th April.

30 March 2009
Professor Philip Davies

The former Deputy Secretary of the Australian Government’s Department of Health and Ageing, Philip Davies, will join The University of Queensland’s School of Population Health as Professor of Health Systems and Policy.

30 March 2009
Crowds at last year's UQ Careers Fair.
Photo by Jeremy Patten

Want to know what exciting things you’ll be doing when you graduate from UQ?

30 March 2009
Ms Hawkins participating in last year's UQ Thanksgiving Service

UQ’s annual multi-faith Thanksgiving Service - to be held in Brisbane on Wednesday, May 6 - recognises the generosity of anatomy donors who provide a unique gift to humanity after their deaths.

29 March 2009
Dr Tsukamoto speaking at the Atelier Bow-Wow exhibition "Small Case Study House" at The Gallery at REDCAT, LA. Photo courtesy Steven A Gunther.

Members of the public are invited to attend a lecture hosted by UQ's School of Architecture on March 31 from the architects behind one of the world's most innovative architecture practices.

27 March 2009
Kathleen Parker

Music lovers are in for a treat this weekend at Customs House when UQ music graduate and rising opera star Kathleen Parker presents a free program of Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven.

27 March 2009