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Hunt flags Guild anniversary
Monday | Sep 24 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has helped mark the 90th anniversary of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, by giving the organisation the Australian flag which was displayed in the House of Representatives on 20 Aug 2018 - exactly 90 years since the first ever meeting of the Guild's National Council in 1928.
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ThinOPTICS prize
Monday | Sep 24 2018THIS week ThinOPTICS has partnered with Pharmacy Daily to give away daily prizes of the company's new "take everywhere" reading glasses which are also available for pharmacies to stock.
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H.Pylori ups bleed risk
Monday | Sep 24 2018THE presence of common stomach bacterium helicobacter pylori (pictured) can more than double the risk of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding in patients taking daily low-dose aspirin, according to a meta-analysis published online by the Medical Journal of Australia.
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Ilumya approval
Monday | Sep 24 2018MUMBAI-BASED Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has welcomed approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration of its Ilumya (tildrakizumab) for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy.
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Cloud 9 up in smoke
Monday | Sep 24 2018WEST Australian pharmacist Hoang Nam Nguyen, 35, the owner of the Cloud 9 smoke-shop chain, has pleaded guilty to nearly two dozen charges of illegally supplying synthetic cannabis through his group of rainbow-coloured outlets.
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Homeopathic NET loss
Monday | Sep 24 2018ALL aqueous-based homeopathic products supplied by NET Remedies are being withdrawn due to possible microbial contamination.
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EMA sartan review
Monday | Sep 24 2018THE European Medicines Agency has extended its review of impurities in valsartan medicines, after discovering very low levels of N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in another active substance, losartan, made by India's Hetero Labs.
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Amcal springs into hay fever action
Monday | Sep 24 2018MORE than 20% of hay fever sufferers admit the condition forces them to disengage from participating in social activities with their loved ones, according to the results of a recent nationwide survey conducted by Amcal Pharmacy.
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PPA advice on MHR
Monday | Sep 24 2018WITH the deadline for opting out of the My Health Record digital health record system set at this stage for 15 Nov, union group Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) has provided some guidance for employee pharmacists around issues associated with being in the system.
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US opioid training
Monday | Sep 24 2018A new ruling by the US Food and Drug Administration has mandated that training available through its Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Management Strategy (REMS) be available to pharmacists.
