News
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CMA calls for health check
Friday | Feb 8 2019COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia (CMA) has urged the Government to evaluate whether regulatory reforms under the TGA's Medicines and Medical Devices Review are being "appropriately implemented".
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Generics fast track
Friday | Feb 8 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is seeking comments from interested parties on proposed improvements to the generic prescription medicine authorisation process.
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Pregabalin misuse
Friday | Feb 8 2019DATA from the PBS around the dispensing of pregabalin shows that its use in Australia is on the rise, rapidly, according to an editorial in the latest edition of the MJA.
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Rethinking anxiety
Friday | Feb 8 2019NPS MedicineWise has launched a new educational program focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders, including a webinar, clinical audit and other educational materials for health professionals - nps.org.au.
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APC collaboration
Friday | Feb 8 2019THE Australian Pharmacy Council is set to host a Colloquium in May, this year partnering with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council on the theme of professional collaboration.
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Microdosing queried
Friday | Feb 8 2019NEW research investigating the concept of taking very small amounts of psychedelic substances on a regular basis, or "microdosing", has found less-than-encouraging results for the proponents of the practice.
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APP entrepreneur
Friday | Feb 8 2019TECH entrepreneur and 'shark' on Network Ten's previous competitive reality show, Shark Tank Australia, Steve Baxter will share his secrets at APP2019 on how pharmacies can benefit by thinking like an entrepreneur, on 07 Mar, 4.00pm.
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WHO to tick cannabis
Friday | Feb 8 2019THE World Health Organization has proposed rescheduling cannabis within international law to take account of the growing evidence for medical applications of the drug, reversing the position held for the last 60 years that cannabis should not be used in legitimate medical practice.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | Feb 8 2019
08 Feb 19"BUTT out" - or a possibly profane Greek equivalent phrase has been getting an airing in Athens this week, after Greece's deputy health minister was reprimanded by a top EU health official for smoking in public.
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