News
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UK homeopathy gone
Thursday | Aug 16 2018THE Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire in the UK has announced that it will no longer routinely fund homeopathy remedies.
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Keep an eye out
Thursday | Aug 16 2018ALLERGAN has announced the registration in Australia of the first injectable gel implant, XEN Gel Implant, for leading global cause of irreversible blindness, glaucoma.
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G Female Oral risk
Thursday | Aug 16 2018G FEMALE Oral Tablets pose a serious risk to health and should not be taken, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) says.
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Pharmaxis FDA tick
Thursday | Aug 16 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Sydney-based manufacturing facility of ASX-listed Pharmaxis, which yesterday confirmed it would relaunch its Aridol product into the North American market.
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TGA on Vitamania
Thursday | Aug 16 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has published a response to the Vitamania documentary broadcast last Sun (PD 06 Aug), with the aim of providing context around how the TGA regulates vitamins in Australia.
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Triple pill for high BP
Thursday | Aug 16 2018A NEW approach to treatment of hypertension in the form of a triple ingredient medication has proved to be very successful at bringing hypertensive patients to target levels of 140/90 mm Hg or less.
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NZ isotretinoin alert
Thursday | Aug 16 2018NEW Zealand's Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring is encouraging reporting of cases of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in connection with isotretinoin for severe acne, after a 14-year-old male developed the condition shortly after starting treatment.
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Dispensary Corner
Thursday | Aug 16 2018
16 Aug 18TIRED of waiting for attention in the emergency department of your local hospital?.
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Pharmacists too busy for ADRs
Wednesday | Aug 15 2018THE high accessibility of community pharmacists in Australia means they are ideally placed to document adverse drug reactions (ADRs) - but a lack of time, the complexity of the reporting process and insufficient training means under-reporting is "highly prevalent" according to a new University of Tasmania study published last Fri.
