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Baresop’s high water mark
Wednesday | Sep 20 2023PERSONAL care brand Baresop has launched this month across 100 Blooms The Chemist pharmacies, hoping to seize a growing market of conscientious consumers seeking sustainable health and wellness products across diverse categories within pharmacy.
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TGA fines unlawful ads
Wednesday | Sep 20 2023THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued infringement notices to the company Naturally Elevated Pty Ltd and an individual for the alleged unlawful advertising of medicinal cannabis on websites and social media pages.
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Intrusive forms “not ok”
Tuesday | Sep 19 2023HEALTH experts are critical of pharmacists still asking their customers to fill out intrusive questionnaires around the dispensing of emergency contraception, when it's no longer a legal requirement, The Guardian has reported.
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Positive win as new form Fiasp is listed
Tuesday | Sep 19 2023THE Federal Government is listing a new form of fast-acting insulin on the PBS from 01 Oct.
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Dementia-friendly future
Tuesday | Sep 19 2023TODAY is the start of Dementia Action Week, and alarmingly results of successive surveys continue to show that one in three Australians find people who are living with dementia "frightening", an increase from 23% a decade ago, according to the peak advocacy body.
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AF awareness saves lives
Tuesday | Sep 19 2023AFFECTING more than one in four Aussies aged 55 and older, atrial fibrillation (AF) causes strokes, and can lead to other life-threatening health complications when left untreated, including heart failure and dementia.
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Be key to stronger care
Monday | Sep 18 2023AS THE first phase of the Federal Government's Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce Review opens for consultation, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the many roles pharmacists play across the health system.
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Pharmacist prosecuted
Monday | Sep 18 2023THE Health Care Complaints Commission has prosecuted a complaint against pharmacist Sabina Grewal before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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Aussie drug US FDA tick
Monday | Sep 18 2023A CANCER drug developed in Australia has received the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a bone marrow cancer treatment.
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Little Wings is a lifeline
Monday | Sep 18 2023A SPECIAL medical retrieval plane will join the Little Wings fleet dedicated to transporting seriously ill children in regional, rural and remote locations.
