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Sanofi is teaming up with Abbott while Medtronic will work with Novo Nordisk on integrating their diabetes platforms in the latest examples of technological convergence.

Health minister Greg Hunt has announced the federal government will invest $33 million for research into health care practices and interventions that focus on people with or at risk of developing chronic conditions.

Medical experts have described a brain condition that impacts more than 130,000 Australians each year as a ‘national emergency’.

A new survey has revealed tests for blood pressure and cholesterol levels are prioritised during doctor visits over routine screening for an irregular heartbeat.

The federal, state and territory governments say they will maintain a 'precautionary approach' following new research suggesting a link between the use of e-cigarettes and lung disease.

Sydney-based oncology biotechnology company Kazia Therapeutics, formerly known as Novogen, has been recognised at the 2019 ANZLF Trans-Tasman Innovation and Growth Awards.

The pressure is building on health minister Greg Hunt to make continuous glucose monitors available to people living with diabetes.

Medtronic Australasia has launched a new web-based portal for medical technology innovation designed to help physicians and medical technology inventors bring their innovative ideas to life.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has begun consulting on data collection for recently implemented private health insurance reforms.

Global Life Sciences search specialist, Coulter Partners, has announced it will be opening new offices in Sydney and Singapore.

Productivity Commission chair Michael Brennan says private health insurers have made progress on preventing hospitalisations through prevention but "existing risk equalisation arrangements dull the incentive for insurers to perform this role more broadly".

Every organisation now understands customers should be able to engage digitally with their products and services, says Medibank's senior executive of digital services and solutions, Andrew Palmer.