News
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$1m for Fiji vaccines
Friday | May 25 2018THE Federal Government has announced it is responding to a recent meningococcal outbreak in Fiji by providing $1 million to purchase around 75,000 doses of meningococcal vaccine.
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Hypnotic poisom alert
Friday | May 25 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a Safety Advisory relating to a product labelled Hypnotic poisom capsules saying they contain the undeclared substances sibutramine and phenolphthalein and pose a risk to health.
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Antihistamine RASML
Friday | May 25 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration is seeking comments on proposed additional Required Advisory Statements for Medicine Labels (RASML) for sedating antihistamines.
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2018 Choosing Wisely rego closing today
Friday | May 25 2018NPS MedicineWise reminds interested parties that registrations for the 2018 Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting will close at 5pm today.
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Priceline satisfies
Friday | May 25 2018PRICELINE Pharmacy has come out on top in the Apr 2018 Customer Satisfaction Awards for retail pharmacy published by Roy Morgan Research.
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RACGP blasts Qld pharmacy scripts
Friday | May 25 2018THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has expressed concerns about proposals to allow pharmacist prescribing in Qld (PD yesterday), warning it would 'fragment patients' healthcare and put them at serious risk.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | May 25 2018
25 May 18THERE'S been a tragic spate of mushroom-related illnesses and even deaths in Iran this month, with more than 800 people made sick from eating poisonous fungi.
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Coroner urges S3 laxatives
Thursday | May 24 2018SOUTH Australian coroner Mark Johns has recommended that laxative medications be removed from pharmacy front of shop and only made available with pharmacist advice, after an inquest into the death of an anorexic woman who was reportedly taking up to 800 tablets each day.
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Swisse Wellness excels in China
Thursday | May 24 2018SWISSE Wellness has won The Business Excellence Award for Consumer Services at the 25th Annual Austcham Westpac Australia-China Business Awards.
