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Editor’s Choice: Soodox has cottoned on to wrap out plastics
Thursday | Sep 21 2023RESPECT by Soodox is a line of period products designed to promote women's health and wellness and reduce the impact of period product waste on the environment.
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Maritime fights dementia
Thursday | Sep 21 2023THE Australian National Maritime Museum has been trialling sessions aimed at people with dementia and their carers that promote story sharing and encourage social interaction and connection.
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Sigma private label promise
Wednesday | Sep 20 2023SIGMA Healthcare is expecting to launch a whopping 250-plus new products in the 2024/25 financial year, as it continues to make progress in its private and exclusive label strategy.
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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.