News
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MHR opt out date confirmed
Tuesday | May 15 2018THE Australian Digital Health Agency has announced that the three month "opt-out period" for the My Health Record system will run from 16 Jul-15 Oct 2018.
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Trump plan to push down drug prices
Tuesday | May 15 2018US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has in part blamed foreign governments such as Australia that "extort unreasonably low prices from US drugmakers" for the high costs of prescription drugs in the US.
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Slimming cap alert
Tuesday | May 15 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has warned that a product labelled Lishou Strong Slimming Capsule contains the undeclared prescription-only substance sibutramine, which was withdrawn in 2010 after it showed increased risk of cardiac events.
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FDA ticks kids MS Rx
Tuesday | May 15 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved Gilenya (fingolimod) for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) in children and adolescents aged 10 years & over.
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GSK Panadol pitch
Tuesday | May 15 2018GLAXOSMITHKLINE has launched a "winner takes all" review of its creative, digital and public relations accounts for Panadol, seeking a single agency to represent the brand which is managed from its Singapore office.
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NZ Council resignation
Tuesday | May 15 2018LEANNE Te Karu, deputy chair of the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand, has resigned after seven years with the organisation.
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TGA consultation
Tuesday | May 15 2018THE TGA is seeking comments on options for the use of a "claimer for efficacy assessed non-prescription medicines," including what complementary medicines it would apply to and what a suitable visual identifier could look like.
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Pharmacists shot
Tuesday | May 15 2018A man has been charged after he allegedly shot two pharmacists in the Jordanian city of Zarqa.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | May 15 2018
15 May 18EAR'S some very good news for people suffering from an auditory deficiency - US army doctors have managed to grow an entire new ear under the skin of a soldier's right arm.
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