News
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Hall of Fame award
Friday | May 12 2017GSK technical lead Philip Leslie has been honoured with the 2017 Manufacturing Hall of Fame award at a ceremony Tues night hosted by Victorian Minister for Industry and Employment, Wade Noonan.
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Cannabis emesis trial
Friday | May 12 2017NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has announced the expansion of the state's medicinal cannabis trial for chemotherapy patients to seven more hospitals, including Campbelltown, Concord, Royal North Shore, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie Base and Wollongong.
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Asset write-off tick
Friday | May 12 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the federal budget's extension of the $20,000 instant asset write-off for small businesses for a further 12 months, as well as the turnover threshold being lifted to $10m, five times higher than was originally available.
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Steroid dealer pinged
Friday | May 12 2017THE orchestrator of an online steroid operation has been imprisoned for two years for illegal supply of prescription medicines, in a case brought by the NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe).
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Creso ramps up cannabis
Friday | May 12 2017ASX-LISTED pharmaceutical cannabis company Creso Pharma has signed a binding Letter of Intent with Australian medicinal cannabis producer LeafCann Group to accelerate the development and commercialisation of locally manufactured medicinal cannabis.
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Qld Guild-Government vax pact
Friday | May 12 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch has announced it has secured agreements with five state government departments to enable departmental staff to receive the 2017 flu vaccination from Guild member pharmacies.
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Dispensary Corner 11 May 17
Thursday | May 11 2017THE Croydon facelift style - where the hair is pulled back to tighten facial skin - featured heavily at the recent Met Gala in the US and has been famously adopted by Ariana Grande as pictured below but it could actually lead to balding.
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Monash oncology link
Thursday | May 11 2017US-LISTED clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Corvus has entered into an agreement with Monash University giving it rights to a product developed in Monash's novel immuno-oncology program.
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Apple looks at sleep
Thursday | May 11 2017TECHNOLOGY behemoth Apple looks to be getting into the sleep therapy market, with the acquisition this week of Finland-based Beddit - a company which specialises in sleep tracking devices.