News
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Lilly goes direct
Monday | Jan 8 2024DRUGMAKER Eli Lilly announced a new website that will allow patients to get a weight loss drug prescription through a telehealth provider in the US.
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WA access works for UTIs
Friday | Jan 5 2024WESTERN Australian women have embraced the diagnoses and treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection by the state's community pharmacists, confirmed the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Expired COVID vax administered in Tas
Friday | Jan 5 2024THE Tasmanian Department of Health has identified a pharmacy in the north-west of the state where expired COVID-19 vaccines may have been administered.
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Vyvanse shortage
Friday | Jan 5 2024THE TGA has informed that currently there are shortages of Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesilate) capsules 30mg, 50mg and 60mg which are expected to continue until Mar and Apr this year, depending on strength.
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VaxApp software
Friday | Jan 5 2024VAXAPP, a pharmacy software with a vaccination eligibility engine, now automates vaccine suggestions at the time of booking.
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Vic cuts funding
Friday | Jan 5 2024VICTORIANS no longer have access to any pharmacies past midnight under changes introduced from 01 Jan.
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Digital Health Blueprint and Action Plan
Friday | Jan 5 2024THE Australian Govt's vision for digital health over the next 10 years has been unveiled in a new plan released recently.
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Dispensary Corner 05 Jan 24
Friday | Jan 5 2024A 62-YEAR-OLD woman has been given permission by Western Australia's Supreme Court to remove sperm from her dead husband for possible use in posthumous fertilisation.
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Scripts for vaping begin
Thursday | Jan 4 2024FROM the start of this year, every doctor and nurse practitioner will be able to prescribe therapeutic vaping products dispensed only through pharmacies, where clinically appropriate, with the commencement of a new Special Access Scheme pathway.
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Legionnaires’ outbreak
Thursday | Jan 4 2024NSW Health put out an urgent warning last week to people who have visited the Sydney CBD in the past 10 days to look out for symptoms of Legionnaires' disease after seven people were diagnosed in the past three weeks.