News
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Consultation closing
Monday | Sep 17 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is reminding interested parties that its consultation on 'Advertising to the public' released for public comment in Aug (PD 10 Aug) is concluding at close of business on Thu 04 Oct.
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Deprescribing module
Monday | Sep 17 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is promoting its CPD accredited course "Deprescribing in the elderly" which equips pharmacists with an understanding of risks associated with polypharmacy and deprescribing tools, along with strategies to cease inappropriate medicines.
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Business name alert
Monday | Sep 17 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has advised that from 31 Oct 2018 businesses will no longer be allowed to trade using unregistered "trading names" other than the name of their legal entity.
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Biosimilars explained
Monday | Sep 17 2018THE European Medicines Agency has published new information on its website in an effort to improve understanding of biosimilars among countries across the European Union.
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UK vaping hits 3 mill
Monday | Sep 17 2018THE number of people in Great Britain using electronic cigarettes has topped three million for the first time - four times the number in 2012, according to a survey by Action on Smoking and Health.
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Valsartan updates
Monday | Sep 17 2018BOTH the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued updates on their evaluation of angiotensin-II-receptor antagonist valsartan products subsequent to the product recalls in Jul (PD 11 and 16 Jul) due to the presence of possibly carcinogenic impurities NDEA and NDMA.
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FDA migraine tick
Monday | Sep 17 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved Teva's Ajovy (fremanezumab-vfrm) for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults - the second calcitonin gene-related peptide blocker approval after Aimovig, which was registered here last month (PD 23 Aug 2018).
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Sep 17 2018
17 Sep 18TAKE advantage of those smoko breaks while you can, the people of Bristol, because by 2024 your city will be officially smoke free - at least that's the suggestion from a recent British study.
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RUM program adds CH2
Friday | Sep 14 2018PHARMACIES for which CH2 is their main wholesaler are now able to access Return of Unwanted Medicines (RUM) bins once again, with project manager Toni Riley confirming that all CH2 distribution centres now have bins in stock.
