Private health insurer Bupa has admitted to misleading thousands of customers about their private health insurance benefits and has agreed to cop a $35 million penalty in a case by the consumer watchdog.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has dragged Mamamia and News Corp-owned Body + Soul magazine to Federal Court over alleged unlawful medicinal cannabis advertising.
Monash IVF has won an injunction against its former chief operating officer, who departed after the fertility company’s embryo mix-up came to light, that limits his participation in his new employer’s Australian operations.
A judge has sent to the Full Federal Court Medibank’s fight to shield Deloitte reports into a data breach, raising concerns about how evidence from a solicitor and the health insurer’s inhouse lawyer was previously treated.
Mayne Pharma has said it will file a court challenge to the validity of US drug maker Cosette Pharmaceuticals’ purported termination of a $672 million takeover offer.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has launched legal action against Philips Electronics for allegedly supplying CPAP and BiPAP devices, used to assist individuals with sleep apnea, which it knew posed risks to users.
Medical device maker Exactech has reached a settlement in a class action over alleged defective implants, following the US company’s bankruptcy.
Asset manager HMC Capital, which owns 11 private hospitals operated by embattled Healthscope, has reached a rent deferral deal with receivers and says other operators have expressed interest in taking up tenancy.
The Commonwealth Bank has given Healthscope a $100 million lifeline as the embattled hospital giant appoints receivers to negotiate a sale.
Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT has promised to work with potential buyers as Healthscope — the trust’s second largest tenant — collapses.