News
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French vit D fail
Friday | Jan 6 2017FRENCH health authorities have acted to suspend the sale of a vitamin D supplement after the death of a 10-day old baby who died hours after being given it.
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Dabigatran foil blister
Friday | Jan 6 2017BOEHRINGER Ingelheim's Pradaxa (dabigatran) should always be kept in its original foil blister pack, not loaded into Webster packs or other dosage aids due to the possibility of product degeneration, according to a review article in NPS' Australian Prescriber.
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Eisai acquires rights to weight loss drug
Friday | Jan 6 2017US PHARMACEUTICAL company Eisai has announced it has bought the global marketing and distribution rights for chronic weight management treatment Belviq and Belviq XR (lorcaserin HCl) from Arena Pharmaceuticals.
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PSA Vic conference
Friday | Jan 6 2017REGISTRATIONS are now open for the Victorian Pharmacy Conference, scheduled for 29-30 Apr at Melbourne's Monash University in Parkville, themed Knowledge, People, Innovation.
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Council defends Peppa spray
Friday | Jan 6 2017CANCER Council Australia has come out strongly defending its Peppa Pig-branded sunscreen as a widely used long-standing product which has sold more than 250,000 bottles with very few complaints registered, most of which related to the pump spray, not the product itself.
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Dispensing war of words
Friday | Jan 6 2017PHARMACY Guild National President George Tambassis has today responded to an article in the Australian Financial Review, defending the Guild's ongoing push to recoup $82 million in pharmacy remuneration which has been unpaid due to lower than expected prescription volumes (PD 01 Dec).
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Travel Specials 05 Jan 17
Thursday | Jan 5 2017APT celebration sale APT will celebrate its 90th birthday this year, kicking off 2017 with a range of special offers including free flights, cabin upgrades, air credits and complimentary stopovers on its most popular cruises and tours.
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Dispensary Corner 05 Jan 17
Thursday | Jan 5 2017ITALY'S famous statue of Neptune (pictured below) has been deemed "too explicitly sexual" for Facebook.
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Metformin 1st line
Thursday | Jan 5 2017THE Annals of Internal Medicine has reaffirmed its commitment to the use of the "safe and inexpensive oral agent" metformin as first line therapy for adults with diabetes type 2 in its updated therapeutic guidelines.
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US compounder trial
Thursday | Jan 5 2017A pharmacist whose compounding operation was linked to a major meningitis outbreak is facing a trial this week on 25 charges of second-degree murder.