News
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Active Ageing Week for over 50s
Friday | Oct 10 2025ACTIVE Ageing Week, held from 06-12 Oct, encourages adults aged 50 and over to live a healthy and active lifestyle.
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Ahpra appoints cultural safety lead
Friday | Oct 10 2025THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has appointed Wakaya Distinguished Professor Yin Paradies to lead the evaluation and development of the National Scheme's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety priorities.
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Ego boss joins Hall of Fame
Friday | Oct 10 2025EGO Pharmaceuticals has announced that Chief Executive Officer and Director Dr Jane Oppenheim has been inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame's prestigious Honour Roll for Service to Industry.
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Dispensary Corner 10 Oct 25
Friday | Oct 10 2025AUSTRALIAN researchers have discovered a surprising breakthrough treatment when it comes to hair loss - and turns out, it is the same sweet ingredient used in ice-cream and fizzy drink.
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Renewed call to extend prac payment
Thursday | Oct 9 2025THE Health Services Union (HSU) and Health Students Alliance (HSA) are calling on the Federal Government to extend its Commonwealth Prac Payment to all allied health students, warning of future workforce implications in professions already experiencing critical shortages.
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Collaborating on meds safety
Thursday | Oct 9 2025THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and Consumer Healthcare Products Australia (CHP Australia) joined forces at Parliament House in Canberra earlier this week to demonstrate a shared commitment to improving medicines safety and promoting the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) across Australia.
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AI and PBS unlock potential medicine repurposing
Thursday | Oct 9 2025MONASH University researchers have used a data mining tool typically used to pinpoint buyer behaviour patterns to evaluate the safety and repurposing potential of medicines.
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Offering choice
Thursday | Oct 9 2025NOVA Pharmaceuticals' MediChoice offers rapid release paracetamol in packs of 16 or 32.
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Are you a digital health innovator?
Thursday | Oct 9 2025THE WA Digital Health Summit 2026 'Create Beyond' is accepting expressions of interests for presenters in the concurrent program, and invites those working in digital transformation in healthcare to submit an application.
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Omron marks 400m BPMs sold
Thursday | Oct 9 2025WORLDWIDE sales of Omron blood pressure monitors (BPMs) recently exceeded 400 million units, with the company celebrating the "landmark achievement" in its mission to extend healthy life expectancy through preventive cardiovascular care.
