News
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Pharmacist banned from S8s
Tuesday | May 22 2018THE NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has placed a "Prohibition Order" against unregistered pharmacist Ethan Le, banning him from working in any environment where he would have access to any Schedule 8 drugs.
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Flu vaccine supplies impacted
Tuesday | May 22 2018"UNPRECEDENTED demand" for seasonal influenza vaccines has led to a shortage of supplies, according to Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Hobbs, who has been tasked with ensuring as much vaccine is brought into the country as possible.
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Deprescribing study
Tuesday | May 22 2018SIGNIFICANT reductions in the proportions of residential aged care facility residents prescribed psychotropic medicines, such as antipsychotics and benzodiazepines, was achieved in new Australian research published in the MJA this week.
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Migraine prevention
Tuesday | May 22 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new product called Aimovig (erenumab-aooe) for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults.
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Draft PAH report out
Tuesday | May 22 2018THE Health Department has released the draft report for the post-market review of Pulmonary Aterial Hypertension (PAH) Medicines, which is open for public comment until 10 Jun 2018.
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Winter Spotlight
Tuesday | May 22 2018SEE page 4 of today's Pharmacy Daily for the special feature Winter Spotlight, full of products to help through the winter sniffle season, coughs & colds, through to vitamins and hydration.
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UNSW recruiting smokers to quit
Tuesday | May 22 2018THE University of NSW Department of Medicine's National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre is recruiting 1,266 smokers into what is called the CESSATE study, comparing smoking cessation products Champix (varenicline) and Desmoxan (cytisine).
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Anticoagulants course
Tuesday | May 22 2018NEW Zealand based College Education and Training, a business unit of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand is providing a live webinar for NZ pharmacists around all matters pharmacy relating to the use of anticoagulants.
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Indemnity insurance changes possible
Tuesday | May 22 2018RECOMMENDATIONS of a review of the government's Medical Indemnity Insurance Fund may impact pharmacists, with coverage under the scheme likely to be limited to medical practitioners.
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UK diabetes recall
Tuesday | May 22 2018BRITAIN'S Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has announced a recall by Roche of its Accu-Chek Aviva and Accu-Chek Performa test strips, with more than 260,000 packs estimated to be affected.
