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Healthcare Shares

The Australian share market is home to many healthcare related shares. Here you can find independent news, commentary and opinion on some of the top ASX healthcare shares.

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Healthcare Shares

$10,000 invested in these ASX healthcare shares 5 years ago is now worth…

| Aaron Bell

These healthcare stocks have brought big returns for investors 

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Healthcare Shares

3 ASX companies that are global leaders

| Steve Holland

Numerous ASX companies have extended their reach beyond Australia to dominate in their fields.

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Share Gainers

Guess which ASX 200 stock turned $5,000 into $34,264 in just three years!

| Bernd Struben

Investors have been piling into this ASX 200 stock for years, sending the share price soaring.

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Healthcare Shares

Are Sonic Healthcare or CSL shares a better buy?

| Tristan Harrison

Which of these healthcare giants is a better buy?

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Healthcare Shares

CSL shares: Buy, sell or hold in 2025?

| Bernd Struben

Three investment experts offer their view on the outlook for CSL shares.

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Earnings Results

Cochlear share price sinks 10% on half-year result disappointment

| James Mickleboro

Let's see why investors are hitting the sell button this morning.

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Healthcare Shares

Which ASX 200 healthcare share will pay the best dividend yield in 2025?

| Bronwyn Allen

Earnings season is underway and dividend announcements are on investors' minds.

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Healthcare Shares

Healthy gains: 5 best ASX 200 healthcare shares of 2024

| Bronwyn Allen

Four of the five best-performing ASX 200 healthcare stocks of 2024 more than doubled in value.

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Recent Healthcare Shares News

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Share Market News

Record financials not enough: Sonic Healthcare (ASX:SHL) share price sinks post-earnings

| Zach Bristow

Shares in Sonic Healthcare closed in the red on Monday as the company released its financial results for the half-year…

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Healthcare Shares

Here's why the Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) share price is climbing today

| Bernd Struben

More than 33,000 new cases of Crohn’s disease are reported in the US alone each year.

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Healthcare Shares

Own CSL shares? Boss reveals why biotech is 'not fussed' about exiting COVID vaccine race

| Mitchell Lawler

The Australian biotech giant reveals its way forward.

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Healthcare Shares

Avita (ASX:AVH) share price jumps 6% following FDA approval

| Aaron Teboneras

Avita shares are on the move after the FDA approved the company's flagship product.

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Healthcare Shares

Medibank (ASX:MPL) share price lifts despite rumours of failed hospital bid

| Brooke Cooper

Here are all the details on Medibank's supposed failed acquisition.

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Broker Notes

The 'tide is beginning to turn': CSL (ASX:CSL) share price tipped to rise

| James Mickleboro

CSL shares could be on an upward trajectory...

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Healthcare Shares

CSL (ASX:CSL) share price jumps 8% on guidance upgrade and positive plasma outlook

| James Mickleboro

CSL's first half results impressed the market...

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Earnings Results

Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) share price surges 8% on historic results

| Monica O'Shea

Why did investors react so positively to the Pro Medicus financial results?

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Earnings Results

CSL (ASX:CSL) delivers US$1.7bn half year profit and tips plasma collection rebound

| James Mickleboro

CSL has handed in its report card...

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Healthcare Shares

The Polynovo (ASX:PNV) share price sank to multi-year lows today. What's going on?

| Aaron Teboneras

The company's shares finished deep in the red again. We take a closer look.

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Healthcare Shares

What to expect when Cochlear (ASX:COH) releases its half year results

| James Mickleboro

What should you expect from Cochlear?

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Healthcare Shares

What's going on with the CSL (ASX:CSL) share price today?

| James Mickleboro

CSL's shares are falling today... but why?

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Dividend Investing

Healthy income… Is CSL (ASX:CSL) still an ASX 200 dividend growth share?

| Sebastian Bowen

How are CSL's dividend chops looking?

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Healthcare Shares

2 ASX healthcare shares bucking the trend to hit new highs on Friday

| James Mickleboro

These healthcare shares are on form on Friday

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Healthcare Shares

The company's last update was positive, so why are Polynovo (ASX:PNV) shares still among the most shorted on the ASX?

| Aaron Teboneras

Short sellers are targeting Polynovo shares...

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Healthcare Shares

The AnteoTech (ASX:ADO) share price RAT-tles down 8% following TGA update

| Alice de Bruin

The TGA has asked for more clinical data, so further trials will now be conducted.

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Broker Notes

Uh oh! Nanosonics (ASX:NAN) share price tipped to sink after shock announcement

| James Mickleboro

Nanosonics shares have been rated as a sell...

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Share Market News

Why this top broker just downgraded these 2 ASX healthcare shares

| Zach Bristow

Both of these companies are overly-exposed to PCR testing, this broker says.

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Healthcare Shares

Rats! How have AnteoTech (ASX:ADO) shares already gained 30% in February?

| Mitchell Lawler

AnteoTech is riding on the back of RATs in February...

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Healthcare Shares

Why this top broker is 'cautious' on the outlook for CSL (ASX:CSL) shares

| Brooke Cooper

Here's what this broker expects from the CSL share price.

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Healthcare Shares

Why is the Nanosonics (ASX:NAN) share price crashing 16%?

| James Mickleboro

Nanosonics is having a tough day...

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Ask a Fund Manager

2 small-cap ASX shares to handsomely reward patient investors

| Tony Yoo

Ask A Fund Manager: SG Hiscock's Rory Hunter reveals the 2 little-known stocks that will put smiles on investor faces…

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Healthcare Shares

Leading broker says Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) share price is a buy

| James Mickleboro

It could be time to buy Pro Medicus shares...

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Ask a Fund Manager

2 medical tech ASX shares for turbulent times

| Tony Yoo

Ask A Fund Manager: SG Hiscock's Rory Hunter tells why his fund is currently overweight on 2 large-cap health technology…

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Broker Notes

Can the CSL (ASX:CSL) share price crack the $300 mark in 2022?

| James Mickleboro

Can CSL's shares climb beyond $300?

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Healthcare Shares

The Creso Pharma (ASX:CPH) share price jumped 6% today. Here's why

| Alice de Bruin

Investors responded well to the healthcare company's step forward today...

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Healthcare Shares

The Lumos Diagnostics (ASX:LDX) share price is soaring another 8% today. Here's why

| Aaron Teboneras

The company's shares are continuing their positive run in February.

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Broker Notes

Can the Cochlear (ASX:COH) share price live up to analyst expectations?

| Zach Bristow

That's the question on every shareholders' mind amid the recent weakness.

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Healthcare Shares

Why the Lumos Diagnostics (ASX:LDX) share price is up 15% today

| Aaron Teboneras

The company's shares are on the move today...

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Healthcare Shares

AnteoTech (ASX:AD) share price surges 15% as COVID-19 RAT race continues

| Monica O'Shea

The scientific company's shares have bounced back after a horror start to the week.

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Healthcare Shares

Resapp share (ASX:RAP) price climbs 5% on Chinese patent news

| Zach Bristow

Investors are piling into Resapp on huge volume today.

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Broker Notes

Top broker says latest CSL (ASX:CSL) acquisition will boost more than its bottom line. Here's why

| James Mickleboro

CSL's shares could be a buy thanks to the Vifor Pharma acquisition...

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Earnings Results

Here's why the Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) share price leapt higher today

| Zach Bristow

US regulatory updates mark the quarter for the ASX regenerative medicine company.

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Healthcare Shares

Why did the AnteoTech (ASX:ADO) share price tumble 13% on Monday

| Aaron Teboneras

AnteoTech shares have suffered in the past week.

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Healthcare Shares

Here's why the Next Science (ASX:NXS) share price is rocketing 11% today

| Aaron Teboneras

The company's shares are on fire this Monday.

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Share Gainers

On fire! Firebrick (ASX:FRE) share price surges another 22% on second day of trade

| Mitchell Lawler

Investors are bidding up the share price of this pharmaceutical small-cap today...

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Share Fallers

Ansell (ASX:ANN) share price crashes 20% as guidance slashed

| Mitchell Lawler

Ansell is getting no protection from increased selling pressure following its latest update...

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Broker Notes

Broker upgrade sends ResMed (ASX:RMD) share price charging higher

| James Mickleboro

ResMed's shares are on form today. Here's why...

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Healthcare Shares

Imugene (ASX:IMU) share price leaps 10% on new Roche deal

| Aaron Teboneras

Imugene shares are set to finish Friday on a high note.

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Healthcare Shares

Race Oncology (ASX:RAC) share price rises following preclinical discovery

| Alice de Bruin

Shares in the oncology provider are up following an exciting discovery...

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