News
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Shake off the weight
Tuesday | Oct 30 2018PHARMACISTS should keep selling those weight-loss shakes based on the latest report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Cardiovascular plan
Tuesday | Oct 30 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt yesterday announced $170,000 in funding for the National Heart Foundation of Australia to develop a National Strategic Action Plan for heart disease and stroke, with assistance from the National Stroke Foundation, to guide measures required to improve awareness, understanding, diagnosis and treatment of caridiovascular issues.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Oct 30 2018
30 Oct 18PRICES for some drugs in the USA are so high that authorities in the state of Utah are paying patients to travel to Mexico to purchase their medications.
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PD breaking news – AHA to replace Pharmacy Guild as administrator of 6CPA programs
Monday | Oct 29 2018Australian Healthcare Associates wins 6CPA community pharmacy administration deal.
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MedAdvisor pharmacies up
Monday | Oct 29 2018LISTED digital medications management company MedAdvisor now has 55% of Australian pharmacies on board, with numbers at 3,100 after a strong Sep quarter expansion spurt.
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The hearing Advantage
Monday | Oct 29 2018DURING the month of Oct, more than 70 Advantage Pharmacies around Australia partnered with Australian Hearing to deliver a national hearing check campaign.
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NSW Gardasil alert
Monday | Oct 29 2018PHARMACY authorities in NSW are reportedly warning their counterparts in other jurisdictions about the potential for pharmacies to be illegally exporting Gardasil 9.
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Bod cannabis script
Monday | Oct 29 2018ASX-LISTED medicinal cannabis firm Bod Australia has secured its first medicinal cannabis prescription and is entering into a research collaboration agreement with Cannabis Access Clinics and the Biologics Research Institute Australia (BRIA).
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New influenza drug
Monday | Oct 29 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new oral antiviral flu medication called Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil).