VIVA! Communications clinches Best PR Campaign – Awareness and Advocacy with Edwards Lifesciences at the 2022 PRIME Awards

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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Celebrating 21 years of protecting Aussie bones in partnership with Healthy Bones Australia

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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First treatment in 10 years PBS listed for Aussies
living with aggressive stomach & oesophageal cancers

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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State Health authorities issues public health warnings following identification of mosquito-borne virus

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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Australian researchers have identified first genes linked to anorexia nervosa

Did you know approximately 85,000 Australian adults are currently living with anorexia nervosa? Anorexia nervosa is a serious and complex mental disease with psychiatric and physical symptoms. It is a life-impairing illness characterised by dangerously low body weight, an intense aversion to gaining weight and an inability or unwillingness to recognise the seriousness of the…

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