News
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Bowel screening
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017CLINICAL Genomics is urging Australians aged 50+ to complete a bowel cancer screening test, with Jun being Cancer Awareness Month.
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Hodgkin’s drug tick
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017OPDIVO (nivolumab) is now the first PD-1 inhibitor approved for a blood cancer, having been approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for use in the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL) under specific circumstances.
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emla recommended
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017ASPEN Pharmacare's emla dermal anaesthetic was recommended by 99% of general practitioners who participated in a survey conducted earlier this year.
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Sigma, CW in court
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017A directions hearing in the dispute between Sigma Healthcare and Chemist Warehouse is set down for this Fri, as the companies continue to argue about whether Chemist Warehouse has the right to source generics from an alternative supplier.
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New cancer approach
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017THE use of "resin microspheres" for the treatment of advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) or primary liver cancer, the sixth most common cancer worldwide, has proven to be superior to current standard of care therapy, namely twice-daily oral doses of sorafenib (Bayer's Nexavar), according to new research data released this week.
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Asthma market surge
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017THE asthma therapeutics market in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow from US$4.1 billion last year to about US$6 billion by 2023, according to a new analysis by GBI Research.
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Location impacts health
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017THE second Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, to be formally launched today in Canberra, highlights significant variations in the provision of common health treatments across the country.
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CW to honour penalty rates
Wednesday | Jun 7 2017CHEMIST Warehouse and My Chemist Group have confirmed they will honour all existing penalty rate payments for current staff and anyone employed before 01 Jul 2017, after the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) controversial review of weekend penalty rates.
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Dispensary Corner 06 Jun 17
Tuesday | Jun 6 2017AROUND 60 Dutch children may one day sue their mother's IVF doctor, possibly on the grounds that they should not exist, according to the BBC.