News
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TGA’s NCEs for 2018
Thursday | Feb 28 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has posted its full list of prescription-only new chemical entities (NCEs) approved for marketing in Australia in 2018.
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TGA sartan recalls
Thursday | Feb 28 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) advises consumers and health professionals that it is investigating the potential contamination of 'sartan' blood pressure medicines.
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Multivitamins fail
Thursday | Feb 28 2019RESEARCHERS from the universities of Oxford and Southampton in the UK looked at 64 multivitamins and found only 25%-36% provided the correct dose of 400 IU, BBC News reports.
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Fake meds peddler
Thursday | Feb 28 2019AN INVESTIGATION by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has led to the seizure of approximately 60,640 doses of unlicensed medicine, including 2,200 doses of generic Tramadol late last year.
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Vax loophole to close
Thursday | Feb 28 2019NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has pressed the "urgency button" to push through legislation removing an "inconsistency" in the law around vaccination requirements for Indigenous children enrolled in day care.
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Dispensary Corner 28 Feb 19
Thursday | Feb 28 2019ESCAPE hatches on submarines are set to become bigger for the British Royal Navy to cater for sailors getting fatter over time.
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Phebra expands manufacturing site
Thursday | Feb 28 2019AUSTRALIAN pharmaceutical firm Phebra has announced a $4million expansion of its Sydney multi-purpose sterile injectables site, to be in production by Jun.
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TWC call to “ovary-act”
Wednesday | Feb 27 2019OVER the course of some 13 years of coordinating morning teas, cake stalls and other fundraising events, community pharmacy network TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC) has announced it has raised more than $1.35 million for Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA).
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Blackmores CEO resigns
Wednesday | Feb 27 2019LISTED complementary medicines company Blackmores has announced the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Richard Henfrey (pictured) after only 18 months in the top role (PD breaking news yesterday).
