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Events Calendar 16 Mar 18
Friday | Mar 16 201821-22 Mar: eMedication Management Conference; Raddison Blu Plaza Sydney; book your spot at: www.informa.com.au, 28-29 Apr:.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | Mar 16 2018
16 Mar 18DON'T stop movin! Noughties pop band S Club Seven were singing about dancing in their hit song, but they had it right when it comes to healthy ageing too.
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Discs and drugs trade
Friday | Mar 16 2018MORE than 25,000 doses of unlicensed, prescription-only medicines and class C drugs were seized by Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) investigators on a raid of a UK man's house, from which he sold vinyl records as well.
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No back pain benzos
Friday | Mar 16 2018BENZODIAZEPINES are not to be prescribed for low back pain, according to one of five new recommendations for pain management from Choosing Wisely Australia.
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Lead content OK
Friday | Mar 16 2018ONE batch of Novartis' Duro-K 600 mg potassium chloride tablets supplied in Australia has higher levels of lead than permitted under new regulatory guidelines, but the Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised that the lead content in the affected batch does not present a significant health risk, even for people taking the maximum dose (12 tablets per day).
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Vic Guild briefings
Friday | Mar 16 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Victoria is inviting members to attend a series of briefing sessions organised through Apr and May across metro and regional Victoria to keep associates abreast with relevant industry issues and news.
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Brett Barons to head Symbion
Friday | Mar 16 2018JOHN Cullity, the incoming chief executive officer of EBOS Group, has announced a restructure of the organisation's senior ranks, including promoting Brett Barons, currently Executive gm - Pharmacy to be ceo of Symbion, heading up the EBOS Healthcare division.
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DataPharm launches
Friday | Mar 16 2018THE New Zealand Ministry of Health has launched DataPharm, an online tool making it easier for New Zealanders to find information about publicly funded prescriptions.
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Indigenous research
Friday | Mar 16 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt yesterday confirmed $6.1 million in funding over three years for the Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre from the Medical Research Future Fund.
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UK homeopathy ban
Friday | Mar 16 2018THE Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine - formerly known as the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital - will stop providing NHS-funded remedies next month, in line with a new policy from the local funding body.