News
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Blackmores slams 60 Minutes
Monday | Feb 11 2019BLACKMORES says a story about complementary medicines broadcast last night on Channel Nine's 60 Minutes program was "not accurate, and was unnecessarily alarmist".
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Specialist community pharmacist roles
Monday | Feb 11 2019BOOTS UK is introducing a specialist pharmacist practitioner role to recognise pharmacists who are "operating at the cutting edge of community pharmacy practice", according to a report in the Pharmaceutical Journal.
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New tobacco device damages lungs
Monday | Feb 11 2019A NEW study that directly compares new heated tobacco devices with vaping and traditional cigarettes shows that all three are toxic to human lung cells.
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TGA recall procedure
Monday | Feb 11 2019TODAY the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA's) new Uniform Recall Procedure for Therapeutic Goods is in effect.
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Opioid use guide
Monday | Feb 11 2019THE National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) at Flinders University is today launching a new publication Responding To Pharmaceutical Opioid-Related Problems: A Resource for Prescribers.
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BioCeuticals research
Monday | Feb 11 2019THE 7th BioCeuticals Research Symposium in The Hilton Hotel, Sydney from 03 to 05 May 2019 is running with the theme 'Mood, Genes and Cognition'.
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Vale Medsafe’s Stewart Jessamine
Monday | Feb 11 2019THE New Zealand health sector is in mourning this week after the untimely death of Stewart Jessamine, who worked at the NZ Ministry of Health from 1993 until 2018 in a range of senior roles including as Group Manager of Medsafe and the Director of Protection Regulation & Assurance Health Division.
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Feb 11 2019
11 Feb 19SCIENTISTS from Rockefeller University in New York have found a possible way to make mosquitos less blood-suckingly hungry, simply using human appetite suppressants.
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PD breaking news – Sigma Healthcare confirms “strong outlook” after business review
Monday | Feb 11 2019More than $100 million in cost savings identified in Sigma restructure.
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Medicare for pharmacists?
Friday | Feb 8 2019A new Medicare payment for non-dispensing pharmacists to provide medication management services to patients with complex care requirements has been proposed by the Allied Health Reference Group working on the government's Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) Review.
