PYC Therapeutics is rattling the tin for up to $74.6 million to fund the progress of its medical drug trials, including for blinding eye and polycystic kidney diseases.
Major health fund HBF is preparing to hike its insurance premiums by 3.95 per cent, after the federal government signed off on an industry average increase of 3.03 per cent.
Perth biotech company Argenica Therapeutics’ drug, which is designed to reduce brain tissue death following a stroke, will be administrated at two local hospitals in a nationwide trial.
APM Human Services International's board has recommended that its shareholders support a revised conditional, non-binding offer of $2 per share from CVC Asia Pacific in a bid to take over the company, according to chief executive officer Michael Anghie.
The state government has entered leasing negotiations for the shuttered Bethesda Clinic after the $60 million private mental health centre closed its doors on Friday.
A Telethon Kids Institute program supporting about 700 Western Australian families is set to receive three years of funding valued at $13.8m from the National Disability Insurance Agency.
APM Human Services International's board has unanimously rejected a takeover bid from CVC Asia Pacific Limited, saying the offer didn't reflect the company's true value.
Perth-based medical technology company Avicena Systems has won a $3 million grant from the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources for a collaborative research partnership with the University of New South Wales.
Mining industry executive Rebecca Tomkinson has taken on a new role as chair of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, replacing John Van Der Wielen.
Construction has started on the $34 million children’s hospice in Swanbourne, which was previously at the centre of a tug-of-war between state and local governments.
Health Minister Amber Jade Sanderson says the planned closure of a mental health clinic after less than a year of operation shows the private health funding model needs to change.
Bethesda Health Care’s $60 million mental health clinic in Cockburn will suspend its services for the foreseeable future, less than twelve months after the private centre opened.
Shares in Subiaco-based Singular Health rose up to 17.5 cents a share on Thursday, following a landmark deal with Roseman University of Health Sciences in the US.
Plans to establish a children’s mental health and wellbeing centre in the City of Swan are under way, with the Mental Health Commission seeking out a service provider for the job.
RAAFA WA has announced two new executives as part of its refreshed leadership model, appointing Aaron Crowther as chief customer and community officer and Gloria Davis as chief information officer.
HBF has announced it will close one-third of its Western Australian branches in a bid to reduce costs, reporting 80 per cent of its member interactions were through digital platforms.