Health

Subiaco-based biotech business Holista CollTech has sued a US company in the Supreme Court of WA over alleged misleading and deceptive representations.

The recent breach of one of Australia’s largest IVF clinics has highlighted the health system’s vulnerability to cyber attacks.

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Former Fortescue executive Linda O’Farrell’s career pivot isn’t as surprising as it initially appears.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged $200 million towards the expansion of St John of God hospital in Midland, if Labor is re-elected in the federal election.

PathWest has awarded several companies contracts, worth $219 million in total, over the automation of laboratory medicine and pathology services across Western Australia.

Amana Living will transfer its Kalgoorlie aged care operations to another not-for-profit organisation.

MSWA has injected $2.4 million into MS Australia's latest grant to fund 35 new research initiatives across the country.

Lifeline WA is well known for helping people in their hour of need, but for Tammey Candeloro it wasn’t the organisation’s crisis support line that came to her rescue.

St John WA has opened a new building to accommodate touring volunteers – ‘voluntourists’ – travelling to the Goldfields town of Laverton.

Respected medical specialist and former Brightwater Care Group chief executive Penny Flett has died aged 77.

NIB Holdings boss Ed Close is confident the private health insurer will finish the 2025 financial year strongly, despite its profits taking a hit during the first half.

UPDATE: The Liberal Party WA and WA Labor have slammed each other’s election promises over upgrading Royal Perth Hospital.

West Perth medtech Artrya has signed a three-year deal to advance the screening and diagnosis of heart disease in Australia.

Nedlands-based biotech company PYC Therapeutics has received approvals to start human trials over a drug candidate for kidney disease.

Both WA Labor and the WA Liberals have pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars on significant healthcare upgrades in an effort to reduce emergency department pressure.

The state government has awarded a contract for the first of two multi-storey car parks at the proposed Women and Babies Hospital while also acknowledging issues with congestion.

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Kim Beazley-backed medtech company Orthocell has flagged an expedited expansion into several jurisdictions after strong early sales of its Remplir nerve repair technology.

The emergency department at St John of God Subiaco could be delayed up to two years after an application to extend the project’s stage three start deadline was submitted.

South Perth-based Cooper & Oxley Group has won a $44 million contract over redevelopment work at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

Bulk billing availability in WA has again declined, with a mere one in 16 WA GP clinics offering bulk billing in 2025, down from one in 10 last year, and one in five the year prior.

The time it takes to correctly diagnose endometriosis could be slashed from seven years to just a few weeks with a new, non-invasive test from Nedlands-based Proteomics International.

The state government moved to lock in contractors for the $1.8 billion Women and Babies’ Hospital in December, as it pushes to begin the project before the March election.

ASX-listed Botanix has shipped the first batch of Sofdra prescriptions, marking a milestone moment as it shifts towards becoming a revenue generating pharmaceuticals company.

A novel skin cancer diagnosis tool which was a finalist in Pilbara Health Challenge has been validated for the first time in humans, meaning skin biopsies could become a thing of the past.

A Broome-based dental clinic has won Regional Business of the Year for making strides in healthcare for the Kimberley community.

A slew of reforms to the private health sector, including expanding access for maternity cover, have been floated today as part of a push to make private hospitals more viable.

Pharmacy 777 has grown into one of the nation's most successful franchises and pharmacy brands, resulting in its win as Large Business of the Year.

Former 40under40 winner Angus Turner has been appointed to the FHRI advisory council, and a new $50 million funding commitment has been announced by the state.

St John WA has unveiled a new strategic plan and shared a decrease in workplace injuries for 2024 in its latest impact report.

WA-founded telehealth platform Hola Health has been named the state’s fastest growing tech company, with revenue growth of 1,521 per cent over the past three years.