Health Industry News
Redefining market access success with Reimbursography – June 5, 2015
There’s no better feeling when running a strategic health + wellness communications agency than to identify a need, and be able to deliver a solution. We get to do that today with the introduction of Reimbursography – a strategic communications programme that leverages country-specific access insights to shape the value context for reimbursement success. Reimbursography…
Read MoreMelanoma patients not attending recommended check-ups – June 4, 2015
New study data released by Australia’s largest melanoma research and treatment centre, Melanoma Institute Australia, reveals many early-stage melanoma patients are not fulfilling the recommended medical check-ups within the first year post- diagnosis. According to an article published in Australian Doctor (June 3, 2015), “only 34 per cent of stage I patients and 14 per…
Read MorePBAC advises biosimilar medicines suitable for substitution at pharmacy level – June 2, 2015
In late April, 2015, The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) pledged to consider marking biosimilar medicines equivalent to originator medicines, to which they are referenced against in Australia. This process would involve “a flagging”, whereby the biosimilar would be compared to the originator, in order to identify any significant differences in clinical efficacy or safety.…
Read More7.9 month improvement in metastatic bowel cancer patients following microsphere radiotherapy and chemotherapy – June 2, 2015
As published on Bowel Cancer Australia’s website today, results from an Australian-led global study have shown that treatment with radiation microspheres and chemotherapy (chemo-radiotherapy) improved progression-free survival in the liver by around eight months among metastatic bowel cancer patients. The SIRFLOX study – the world’s largest study of its kind involving 530 metastatic bowel cancer patients…
Read MoreProtecting your online self – A Guide to Social Media Afterlife: May 29, 2015
Palliative Care Australia’s (PCA) Guide to a Social Media Afterlife launched this week explains how to protect your online data after you pass away. When posting pictures, chatting on Facebook or issuing Tweets into cyberspace, probably the last thing on your mind is your mortality. More than 80 per cent of Aussies have done nothing…
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