News
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TGA AE surveys
Monday | Apr 9 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is conducting a survey of health professionals and consumers around experiences and attitudes towards key issues related to medicines, especially with relation to adverse events (AEs).
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Boots gets it up first
Monday | Apr 9 2018UK PHARMACY chain Boots has struck a deal with Viagra maker Pfizer to have exclusive access to sildenafil for two weeks before it is released to the wider pharmacy service, since being down-scheduled as a pharmacist-only OTC medicine (PD 30 Nov 2017).
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NDARC quitter call
Monday | Apr 9 2018NEW South Wales smokers who want to quit are being recruited by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) to take part in a world first trial comparing two smoking cessation medications: a natural plant extract, cytisine, and the prescription medicine, varenicline.
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Naturopath fail
Monday | Apr 9 2018DISGRACED Sydney naturopath Marilyn Pauline Bodnar, 61, was sentenced in the NSW District Court last week to 14 months in prison for putting a breastfeeding mother on a liquid diet that nearly starved her eight-month-old baby to death.
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Medadvisor milestone
Monday | Apr 9 2018LISTED medication adherence provider MedAdvisor says it believes there are still significant opportunities for growth within the Australian market, after reaching one million connected patients.
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Apr 9 2018
09 Apr 18LIFESAVING techniques picked up from US TV show The Office have been cited by a college student who managed to resuscitate a drowning squirrel.
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MedAdvisor flies high
Monday | Apr 9 2018AUSTRALIAN-LISTED medication management software company MedAdvisor has announced via the ASX that it has reached the key milestone of one million connected patients with 3.1 million prescriptions having been filled through its MedAdvisor app Tap-To-Refill function, representing $250m in pharmacy sales.
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Events Calendar
Friday | Apr 6 2018
06 April 1828-29 Apr: Victorian Pharmacy Conference 2018; Parkville, Victoria; find out more here: www.psa.org.au 3-6 May: APP.
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PSA18 to focus on future
Friday | Apr 6 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia this morning unveiled details of its upcoming PSA18 flagship conference, set to take place 27-29 Jun at Sydney's Hyatt Regency Hotel.
