Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry
Medical staff needed
| Jackie Range
A new study warns that by 2025 Australia will be short 109,000 nurses and 3700 doctors.
One minute with: Sami Karam
| Jackie Range
Sami Karam, an osteopath at Parramatta Sports Medicine Clinic on tax, employing the right people and marketing.
Foreign doctors suffer
| Jackie Range
The health system is heavily dependent on overseas-trained medicos who are offered minimal support.
Ask the investor: John Dyson
| Jessica Gardner
The Starfish Ventures investment principal gets 400 approaches from entrepreneurs each year. He tells how such go-getters can stand out.
Hospital check-up
| Jackie RangeThe University of Adelaide will lead a study on the quality and effectiveness of hospital service.
Time for confessions
| Jackie Range
Academic institutions should be more rigorous about declaring staff interests, a public health professor warns.
One minute with: Gabrielle Caswell
| Jackie Range
Gabrielle Caswell, clinical director of Eyra Medical, a medical and skin clinic, on staff, suppliers and technology.
One minute with: Jodie Brenton
| Jackie Range
Chief executive of Life Resolutions, a network of professional psychology practices, says on taking paperwork to the cloud.
Wellcome to science
| Jackie Range
The Wellcome Trust is joining the campaign to make scientific research available for free.
Ask the investor: Matthew Macfarlane
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Venture capitalist Matthew Macfarlane has vowed to avoid investments he can’t directly influence.
Go for a boost with benefits
| Jessica Gardner
Getting a government grant is a great way to raise funds for your business but there are other advantages.
Auditing the lab
| Jackie RangeWith pathologists aging and in short supply, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia is planning a survey.
Getting in early with preventative health grants
|The government has awarded grants worth almost $4 million to preventative health research projects.
Healthcare needs help
| Damon Frith
An ageing population and increasing longevity are making health-care costs unsustainable.
Who you know is important
| Michael Bleby
Sometimes doing business in China requires one to keep one’s cards close to one’s chest.
Friends with benefits
| Jackie Range
Health professionals can now have their Medicare benefits questions answered directly.
One minute with: Rachel Deane
| Jackie Range
Rachel Deane of professional hearing services outfit Pindrop on Medicare, marketing and a niche business strategy.
Sigma Pharmaceuticals
|Sigma Pharmaceuticals has experienced a solid recovery this year but 2013 is expected to be more challenging.
Digital harvest
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
The roll out of the national broadband network will have a significant impact on all manner of professional services.
Rising rebates reined in
| Jackie Range
Health insurance premium rises will be lower as the government tries to reduce health spending.
One minute with: Brad McIntosh
| Jackie Range
Sydney Sports & Orthopaedic Physiotherapy’s managing director on men’s health, web marketing and clients’ expectations.
Clean bill of health
| Tony Featherstone
REVA Medical is working hard to stem the damage of a market backlash due to pilot clinical trial delays.
Ask the investor: Michelle Deaker
| Jessica Gardner
The managing partner of OneVentures talks about keeping your pitches short and sweet.
Osteopath audit
| Jackie RangeThe Australian Osteopathic Association will survey its members to see how the profession and business is changing.
The right dose of life science risk
| damon frith
Savvy investors typically add a dash of health and medical shares to give their portfolios a boost.
One minute with: Patrick Sim
| Jackie RangePatrick Sim of Summit Chiropractic, on building relationships, the professional landscape and having a big vision.
Physios with hands out
| Jackie Range
With electronic health records just around the corner, physiotherapists want to come up to speed.
More than a slim chance
| Tony Featherstone
Featherstone | By targeting obesity and diabetes, GI Dynamics’ new product could have huge potential.
Competition, not guts, is the problem
| Kath WaltersVenture capitalists in Australia lack ‘balls’, I am frequently told.
Mesoblast in medical drama
| Andrew Heathcote
Mesoblast is a top ASX performer but not everyone is convinced of its value.
Macquarie vs Mesoblast
|“Disappointingly, the benefit seen for heart function at three months was not repeated at 12 months.”
Putting a foot wrong
| Jackie Range
Podiatrists are finding that Medicare rebates are cutting into their profitability and the quality of care.
Close to the bone
| Jackie Range
A cut in health insurance rebates seems likely to hurt some health businesses.
Cut and sun no holiday
| Jackie Range
Heading overseas for a quick nip and tuck or even major surgery is a booming industry, but it is vital to know the dangers.
One minute with: Renee Maher
| Jackie RangeRenee Maher is a casual pharmacist in Cairns, who previously managed a pharmacy.
Strength in numbers
| Jackie Range
KPMG is ramping up its health practice hires to meet local demand.
One minute with: William Hau Kin So
| Jackie RangeWilliam Hau Kin So, owner of Pharmacy 517 in Melbourne’s St Kilda Road on customers, generics and service.
Saves lives, makes money . . . for now
| Kath WaltersEconomy in Action | The release of $100 million of taxpayer money under the Innovation Investment Fund, brings good news and bad.
I am beautiful
| Kath Walters
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is a fantastic example of corporate social responsibility (that awful catchphrase).
Let’s keep innovation alive
| Kath WaltersWithout new federal government support, local venture capital funds will collapse, and with it, the nation’s future.
Lobbying for position
| Jackie RangeMedical sector peak bodies want to talk to the newly appointed Health Minister Tanya Plibersek about e-health records and mental care.
CSL fights infant virus
| Jackie RangeCSL’s pact with health research agency the U.S. National Institutes of Health seeks to solve a big public health problem.
The way it is
| Source: GBS Venture PartnersA blow by blow description of investing $42.5 million in 10 companies.
Director to police health benefit system
| Jackie RangeBill Coote has been named permanent director of the Professional Services Review.
Get back to work . . . it’s good for you
| Jackie Range
Returning to work after sickness has health benefits.