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Kyowa Kirin Announces Changes in Top Leadership Positions to Strengthen Operations as a Global Specialty Pharmaceutical Company

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Masashi Miyamoto to be named Chairman and CEO Abdul Mullick to be named President and COO Changes designed to further deliver on company’s 2030 Vision and commitment to advancing novel treatments for Bone/Mineral, Intractable Hematological Diseases/Hemato-Oncology and Rare Diseases TOKYO–BUSINESS WIRE– Japan-based Global Specialty Pharmaceutical Company Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Masashi Miyamoto.) … Continued

First Site Initiated in Australia for MannKind’s Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Clofazimine Inhalation Suspension for the Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Lung Disease

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ICoN-1 study presentation planned November 1 at NTM Symposium Australia Study is cleared by health authorities to proceed in Australia, U.S., Japan and South Korea, with Taiwan anticipated by end of year DANBURY, Conn., Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD), a company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative inhaled … Continued

Agreement Signed to Market Nasodine to Healthcare Professionals in Singapore

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Firebrick Pharma is pleased to announce that it has executed a Marketing Representation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Singapore-based, Innorini, trading as Innorini Life Sciences (“Innorini”). The initial term of the Agreement is one year with the option to renew for subsequent one-year terms by mutual agreement. Under the Agreement, Innorini will undertake “Marketing Services” commencing 1 … Continued

Mask on or off? Study uncovers effects of face masks on stuttering

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A study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) has leveraged the unique context of mandatory mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore the relationship between stuttering, anxiety-related safety behaviours, and the challenge of maintaining open communication.   Led by CDU lecturer and speech pathologist Dr Hamid Karimi, the research highlights how the fear of negative evaluation by … Continued

Estia Health to acquire three Queensland Calvary aged care homes

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Thursday 31 October 2024   MEDIA RELEASE   Calvary Health Care has accepted an approach from Estia Health to acquire Calvary Robina Rise, Calvary Noosa and Calvary Gympie Views residential aged care homes:   Estia Health increases investment and presence in Queensland No change for Calvary Health Care residents Continuity of employment for Calvary Health … Continued

Momentous reform will improve access to quality health care

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The introduction of laws to remove outdated ‘collaborative arrangements’, which take effect from tomorrow 1 November, will allow Nurse Practitioners and Endorsed Midwives to autonomously provide Medicare services and prescribe Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) medications.   This is a big win for nurses and midwives who, since 2010, have had a legal requirement to have … Continued

US FDA Accepts Biologics License Application (BLA) for HLX14, Biosimilar Candidate of PROLIA/XGEVA (denosumab)

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SHANGHAI, China & JERSEY CITY, N.J.–BUSINESS WIRE– Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (2696.HK) and Organon (NYSE: OGN) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Biologic License Application (BLA) for HLX14, an investigational biosimilar of PROLIA/XGEVA (denosumab). This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241029648679/en/ Denosumab has been approved … Continued

COVID-19 inquiry: UNSW experts available for comment

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UNSW experts are available to comment on the findings of the independent inquiry into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The inquiry reviewed the Commonwealth Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic to identify lessons learned to improve Australia’s preparedness for future pandemics.   Experts from UNSW’s Medicine & Health and Business faculties were involved in consultations for … Continued

Have the NDIS reforms thrown the baby out with the bathwater?

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The Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), revealed an extensive range of issues involving abuse of the NDIS funding rules across many services. There is no doubt that the new NDIS Supports Rules, which now seem to limit funding for disability health and wellbeing services to Medicare eligible AHPRA registered practitioners, are there … Continued

Health monitoring devices at risk of being hacked, study shows

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Billions of people around the world are using internet-connected medical devices to monitor their health, but could be putting themselves at risk of hackers using their data for unhealthy reasons according to a new cybersecurity study.  Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers hacked into three common medical devices: an oximeter which monitors blood oxygen saturation, a … Continued