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TerryWhite Masterclass inspires pharmacists
Tuesday | Jun 24 2025TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC) has kicked off Masterclass, its national pharmacist education program (PD 10 Jan), bringing together more than 600 pharmacists and pharmacy professionals in Adelaide.
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Australia’s new pharmacy stars
Tuesday | Jun 24 2025THE National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)has announced the recipients of the 2025 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship.
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New Ozempic-like weight loss drugs in works
Tuesday | Jun 24 2025ECNOGLUTIDE, a new GLP-1 receptor agonist similar to semaglutide (Ozempic) is similarly safe and effective for weight loss, according to a study by the new drug's developer.
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AdPha welcomes WA health boost
Monday | Jun 23 2025ADVANCED Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has welcomed the WA Government's $829 million boost to public hospital funding as part of the record $1.4 billion health investment in the 2025-26 WA Budget, but warned that infrastructure alone is not enough.
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Breakthrough for type 2
Monday | Jun 23 2025INTERNATIONAL research into the impacts of a first-of-its-kind GLP-1 pill were revealed this weekend in the New England Journal of Medicine and at the American Diabetes Association's annual conference in Chicago.
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Sandoz, CSL partner on antibiotic
Monday | Jun 23 2025SANDOZ has announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with CSL Seqirus to distribute Benpen (benzylpenicillin sodium), a vital antibiotic used in the treatment of a broad range of serious bacterial infections.
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New standards for nicotine vapes
Friday | Jun 20 2025THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has advised that starting 01 Jul 2025, strengthened standards will come into effect for all therapeutic vaping goods for smoking cessation and nicotine dependence, with existing supplies in pharmacies likely to be affected.
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PATY2025 state winners
Friday | Jun 20 2025THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Professor Trent Twomey, was delighted to announce that eight pharmacy assistants representing each Australian state and territory have been selected to compete for the national title of the 2025 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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MOU to advance Aussie life sciences
Friday | Jun 20 2025MACQUARIE University and Vitex Pharmaceuticals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a long-term strategic partnership, with the aim of advancing Australia's life sciences industry.
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Taking care of knee osteoarthritis
Friday | Jun 20 2025KNEE braces, water therapy and exercise are the most beneficial non-drug therapies for knee osteoarthritis (KOA), according to a new meta-analysis of more than 100 clinical trials.
