Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released a publication to support healthcare professionals dealing with patients considering genetic testing, and how to order the appropriate genetic test, interpret results, and provide follow-up care to the patient and family.
25/05/2010
NEW web resource, Mykidneyinfo.net, will be launched this month with the aim of improving patient care for those suffering kidney diseases.
01/06/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Government has signed a contract with Balance! Healthcare to run a five million dollar Blue Mountains GP Super Clinic.
16/02/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Herpes Management Forum (AHMF) is asking for healthcare professions to identify patients diagnosed with and treated for genital herpes to participate in an online patient perspective study of herpes management and treatment.
02/06/2009
Olympus America has licensing agreement with Omnyx, a joint venture of GE Healthcare and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, allowing Omnyx to access a portfolio of Olympus America patents in the field of virtual microscopy and digital pathology.
08/03/2010
THE FDA has amended warning letters sent in March 2009 to nine companies asking them to stop manufacturing 14 unapproved narcotic drugs after realising the desperate need of one unapproved drug.
21/04/2009
INTANZA 9µg (influenza vaccine split virion, inactivated), the worlds first has been made available for intradermal (ID) influenza vaccine for the prevention of seasonal influenza in adults has been made available to pre-order for the 2010 influenza season.
03/08/2009
AUSTRALIA’s first intravaginal metronidazole gel, Zidoval, for treating bacterial vaginosis has been made nationally available on prescription.
04/08/2009