News
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Diabetes in pharmacy
Wednesday | Jul 12 2017MEDICAL technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson & Company) is encouraging pharmacists to mark this year's National Diabetes Week by re-evaluating their in-store diabetes services.
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BioCeuticals seminar
Wednesday | Jul 12 2017BIOCEUTICALS has announced it will be hosting a nationwide seminar for health professionals next month, titled SIBO and Gastrointestinal Parasites: A Clinical Perspective on Treatment and Prevention.
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Big pharma sues NHS
Wednesday | Jul 12 2017BRITISH pharmaceutical companies, via their peak body, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), have launched legal action against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in an effort to prevent drug rationing purely on a cost basis.
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Hep A supplies OK
Wednesday | Jul 12 2017SANOFI Pasteur has confirmed that it does have stock of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis A / Typhoid combination vaccines available in Australia, despite some recent media coverage suggesting possible impending shortages.
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NovoPen Echo recall
Wednesday | Jul 12 2017INSULIN company Novo Nordisk, in consultation with the TGA, has initiated a consumer level recall of some batches of its NovoPen Echo insulin cartridge holder after detecting there was a possibility they could crack or break if exposed to chemicals in some cleaning agents, impacting insulin dosing.
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Corum-Tyro integration
Wednesday | Jul 12 2017AUSTRALIAN-LISTED healthcare software company Corum Healthcare has partnered with EFTPOS technology specialist company Tyro to provide community pharmacies with a flexible payment system that's independent of the major banks.
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ASMI pre-approvals concern
Wednesday | Jul 12 2017THE Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has backed changes to the complaints process around advertising of medicines and medical devices to the public, but expressed disquiet over the details.
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Dispensary Corner 11 July 17
Tuesday | Jul 11 2017THE rock 'Viagra' appears to have had the desired effect in Norway, where workers managed to re-erect a famous penis-shaped geological formation last week.
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Adherence or strokes
Tuesday | Jul 11 2017NON-ADHERENCE to antihypertensive medication in patients with hypertension has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a Japanese study involving almost 40,000 patients.