News
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Sleep specialists flag pharmacy concern
Friday | May 11 2018SIGMA Healthcare's planned rollout of pharmacy-based sleep testing services (PD 03 Mar) has reportedly alarmed sleep specialists who have branded it a "great example of poor medical practice".
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Antibiotic guide
Friday | May 11 2018THE Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare yesterday released the 2018 edition of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Australian Health Care (AMS Book Second Edition), providing hospitals with "world-leading guidance and support that will ensure patients receive appropriate antibiotic treatment".
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Calocurb report
Friday | May 11 2018A DIETARY supplement marketed to support weight loss and appetite control in New Zealand, Calocurb, has been reported to the NZ Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring for an association with an anaphylactic event requiring hospitalisation - medsafe.govt.nz.
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Health losing trust
Friday | May 11 2018TRUST in the consumer health subsector has fallen 14 percentage points in the last two years, according to the "Edelman trust barometer" released yesterday.
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SHPA-NAPSA flag student symposium
Friday | May 11 2018THE National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association and the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia have opened registrations for the upcoming SHPA-NAPSA Student Symposium 2018.
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CW whistle-blowers
Friday | May 11 2018CHEMIST Warehouse is set to become the official partner of the AFL Umpires, effective from Round 8 of the 2018 season.
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SlimBody danger
Friday | May 11 2018THE TGA has warned that a product labelled SlimBody Advanced capsules contains the undeclared substance sibutramine, which was withdrawn in Oct 2010 after a study showed an increased risk of major cardiac events.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | May 11 2018
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Apotex, Arrow to merge
Thursday | May 10 2018ARROW and Apotex have announced the merger of their local businesses and operations under a new entity, which they say will "become the leading player in the Australian generic pharmaceutical market by both volume and revenue" (PD breaking news).
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‘Permitted indications’ update
Thursday | May 10 2018THE TGA has provided a detailed response to its consultation on the newly implemented "list of permitted indications" (PD 08 Mar), detailing the reasoning behind the outcome which has seen more than 1,000 indications, including some using traditional Chinese or Ayurvedic terminology.
