KIDNEY Health Australia has announced it has completed the first stage of a national survey of all kidney dialysis patients to examine barriers and issues affecting the treatment they have experienced in their battle with kidney failure.
02/10/2009
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown concern about the rapid spread of swine flu in Australia in the wake of the National Pandemic Emergency Committee meeting.
12/06/2009
KIDNEY Health Australia has announced it has set up a national multi-disciplinary working party which has been designed to look at attitudes to dialysis and resources available for dialysis in Australian renal units which are under stress to cope with growing numbers.
16/06/2009
RESEARCH and Markets has released a new report titled ‘Australia Drug Delivery Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015’.
09/07/2009
BREASTSCREEN Australia has voiced its concern over the use of imaging services promising pain-free breast cancer screening without radiation.
07/08/2009
A STUDY released by the Australian Government has shown people in rural and regional areas struggle to get the dental care they need, compared to those living in cities.
19/02/2009
RANBAXY Laboratories has announced that is has received approval from the Australian health regulator to market its anti-fungal tablets in the country.
13/03/2009
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) has announced that its self-manufactured product lines are now available for direct purchase through its local businesses in Australia and New Zealand.
30/11/2009
A $1.8M AUTOMATED Process System (APS) will be installed at the PathWest core laboratory in Royal Perth Hospital, enhancing pathology testing in Western Australia.
18/02/2009
TODAY Australia will embark on what is potentially the biggest vaccination program in its history, offering free pandemic (swine flu) vaccine to every person in the country.
01/10/2009
THE FIRST case of H1N1 Influenza (Human Swine Flu) has been identified in Western Australia. A 30-year-old Perth man has become the first WA resident to test positive for the influenza.
25/05/2009
Registrations are open for this year’s Laboratory Managers Conference to be held in Melbourne, November 9 – 11.
22/10/2009
AFTER only two weeks of receiving a genetic construct from Protein Sciences Corporation the University of Queensland (UQ) has produced Australia's first batch of a new candidate vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus.
30/06/2009
ISOFT has announced that it closed deals totalling more than $7 million in Australia and New Zealand in June 2009.
06/07/2009
Legislative requirements for in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs) will change from 1 July 2010 under the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA) proposed regulatory framework for IVDs.
03/05/2010
AVEXA has been awarded a grant under round eight of the Australia-China Special Fund for Science and Technology Cooperation in support of its joint drug-discovery projects with Shanghai Company, TargetDrug.
07/04/2009
AN INNOVATIVE primary school mental health promotion project is to receive additional funding.
06/10/2009
THE UNITED States government has warned the country to brace for the full onslaught of Swine flu, revealing significant gaps in the nation's planning as they turn to Australia for help.
10/08/2009
THE Australian Health Ministers’ Council (AHMC) has made a decision to strive for a whole-of-government approach to mental health.
06/03/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Academy of Science will host Science at the Shine Dome, a symposium which will cover the future of robotics, sex and diversity and new approaches to disease treatment from 6 to 8 May 2009.
22/04/2009