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Graeme Samuel urges cuts to price-fixing prostheses list
8 November 2016 - A top consultant to the federal government on health reform, former competition boss Graeme Samuel, has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2016
Roche announces FDA approval for Ventana PD-L1 (SP142) assay to support immunotherapy treatment decisions in lung cancer
27 October 2016 - First FDA-approved test to support patient treatment decisions for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in non-small-cell lung cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2016
FDA approves new device for prevention of recurrent strokes in certain patients
28 October 2016 - The U.S. FDA today approved the Amplatzer PFO Occluder device. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Cutting medical device and prostheses costs should lower health premiums, says minister
19 October 2016 - Health minister Sussan Ley says insurers should pass on savings on items like pacemakers and artificial hips ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Step in the right direction on private health costs
19 October 2016 - The announcement of cuts to the costs of some medical devices is a welcome first step ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2016
Health cost cuts to ease pain on premiums
19 October 2016 - Health funds will be under pressure to rein in insurance premiums after Health Minister Sussan Ley ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2016
Sussan Ley’s new push on prosthesis pricing
18 October 2016 - Market forces may be used to bring down the cost of prostheses in the private sector, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2016
Medical devices: 3D pioneer Paul D’Urso calls for level field
15 October 2016 - Melbourne neurosurgeon Paul D’Urso has warned that Australian medical device manufacturers are locked out of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2016
The medical tests and treatments you should think twice about
13 October 2016 - Australians and their doctors are wasting money on potentially harmful tests and treatments, including some for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Ramsay CEO Chris Rex says claimed prosthetic savings are 'ridiculous'
10 October 2016 - Ramsay Health Care chief executive Chris Rex has called the almost $1 billion figure that the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Oct 2016
Wound care decision points to future direction of devices work
6 October 2016 - PHARMAC is entering a new phase of its national hospital medical device contracting, as it implements ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Oct 2016
Xenoscope, the revolutionary cost-effective laparoscope, wins FDA fast track clearance
4 October 2016 - Xenocor announced today that its first product, the Xenoscope, was 510(k) cleared by the U.S. FDA for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2016
FDA approves first automated insulin delivery device for type 1 diabetes
28 September 2016 - The U.S. FDA today approved Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G hybrid closed looped system, the first FDA-approved device that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2016
Innovation in medicine and device development, regulatory review, and use of clinical advances
26 September 2016 - Breakthrough advances in the understanding of fundamental biology and the dawn of an era of precision medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2016
Health overhaul after policy review
23 September 2016 - Sean Parnell from The Australian reports that the federal Health Department has ramped up its policy ...