
Australia’s only locally manufactured QIV now TGA approved – August 2, 2016
Australia’s only locally manufactured, quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine (QIV) received Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approval on July 15, 2016. Afluria Quad™, Seqirus’ four-strain, inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine, is indicated for people aged 18 years and older.1 The new quadrivalent vaccine will replace the company’s trivalent vaccine (TIV), Fluvax® for the 2017 flu season. Manufactured by…

VIVA! Communications & GLOBALHealthPR pledge their support for World Hepatitis Day – July 28, 2016
VIVA! Communications and GLOBALHealthPR are proud to announce their official support for World Hepatitis Day, July 28, 2016, joining a plethora of organisations that are fighting to ELIMINATE chronic Hepatitis C. World Hepatitis Day unites people from all walks of life to raise awareness of the substantial global burden of viral hepatitis and to provoke…

Researchers develop vaccine targeting abnormal proteins that trigger Alzheimer’s – July 16, 2016
A vaccine to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease is a step closer following a breakthrough development that successfully targets the abnormal proteins that trigger the disease. In what is being hailed as the first vaccine of its kind, Flinders University, Adelaide and US researchers contend the vaccine could be used to prevent Alzheimer’s, and…

Life-saving drug now available to Australian infants living with HT-1 – June 30, 2016
Australian infants and children living with a rare, inherited genetic disease known as Hereditary Tyrosinaemia Type 1 (HT-1) are now eligible to receive the life-saving treatment, Orfadin (insert chemical compound) under the Life Savings Drug Program (LSDP). In newborns living with the rare, genetic metabolic disorder, the baby lacks the ability to break down the…

Helen, 66 Church co-ordinator, retired teacher & active mother living with brittle bones, SYDNEY
When celebrating her 50th birthday, Helen, 66, Sydney, underwent a bone mineral density test. Given her strong family history of osteoporosis – Helen’s two sisters have been diagnosed with the disease – she was determined to take every precaution possible to protect against the debilitating bone disease. Fortunately for Helen, this initial test identified no…

Fiona, 36 Active wife & mother-to-five boys who fractured four vertebrae while hiking in New Zealand, ADELAIDE
Mother-to-five boys, Fiona, 36, Adelaide, fractured four vertebrae from a fall while hiking in New Zealand on February 1, 2016 – a day after her wedding. As a result of her severe spinal injury, doctors arranged for Fiona to undergo a bone mineral density scan, which led to a subsequent diagnosis of osteoporosis. Notably, Fiona…

Carole, 62 Retired business consultant who sustained multiple bone fractures, Glenning Valley, CENTRAL COAST NSW
Retired business consultant, Carole, 62, Glenning Valley, Central Coast NSW, was diagnosed with osteopenia – a precursor to osteoporosis or brittle bones – in 2004, just after her 50th birthday. The news came as a huge shock to Carole, who had long subscribed to a healthy diet and exercise. Carole has since sustained multiple bone…