Team VIVA! was dressed to impress at the annual PRIA Golden Target Awards (GTAs) held at the Sofitel Darling Harbour, Sydney, last night (Thursday, December 1, 2022).  A show-stopping 146 finalists representing 35 categories assembled for Australia’s longest-running, and most prestigious public relations and communications awards that both celebrate, and recognise, individuals, agencies and campaigns demonstrating strategic…

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VIVA! Communications marked the 18th annual PRIME Awards in style last night (Thursday, November 10, 2022) together with our much-valued clientele, Edwards Lifesciences and Dr Falk Pharma,  and Australian representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, at the Sofitel Wentworth Sydney Hotel.   Hosted by comedian, musician and former member of ABC TV’s satirical program, The Chaser,…

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Yesterday, our team at VIVA! Communications had the privilege of partnering with Healthy Bones Australia to celebrate their 21 years of protecting Aussie bones. We coordinated a national news media announcement to mark this significant milestone, and announced the organisation’s new partnership with an Australian company to develop a breakthrough diagnostic fracture prediction tool. We…

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Australians living with types of aggressive stomach or oesophageal cancers can now access immunotherapy on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), representing the first treatment advance for many of these patients in a decade. OPDIVO® (nivolumab) in combination with chemotherapy, is now reimbursed as an initial treatment for patients with a type of stomach or oesophageal…

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Three State Health authorities have this week issued public health warnings following the identification of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in samples gathered from pig farms in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. Common to Asia and the west Pacific, and rural and agricultural regions, the JE virus is spread through the bite of infected…

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