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Dispensary Corner 19 Feb 18
Monday | Feb 19 2018PEOPLE can remain very loyal to their doctor, often citing trust as a major factor in the selection process, however when a GP retires it can present patients with a stressful search to locate a new medico they have confidence in.
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Arthrem safety alert
Monday | Feb 19 2018NEW Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, Medsafe, has issued an alert communication saying that natural dietary supplement joint-health and joint-mobility product Arthrem carries "potential risk of harm to the liver".
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Roche to buy Flatiron
Monday | Feb 19 2018ROCHE has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Flatiron Health, a maker of oncology-focused electronic health records.
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Gannon slams vaping
Monday | Feb 19 2018AMA president Michael Gannon has highlighted the cigarette "gateway" risks associated with nicotine vaping, or e-cigarettes, in a Sky News interview.
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FDA guidance x seven
Monday | Feb 19 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week released seven draft, revised draft and final guidance documents on everything from how to develop new drugs to treating early Alzheimer's, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and acute migraines and more.
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Potent new flu vaccine
Monday | Feb 19 2018A NEW high dose influenza vaccine will be made available to over 65's on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) ahead of 2018 influenza season.
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Schulze WA POTY
Monday | Feb 19 2018FORMER PDL chairman and current chairman of the PSWA branch, Dean Schulze, has been recognised by his peers as WA Pharmacist of the Year, with the award presented by PSA national president Shane Jackson last week.
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WA Guild elections
Monday | Feb 19 2018NOMINATIONS are open for the election of a Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA) Western Australia Branch Vice President and an Alternate National Councillor.
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‘Pharmacy first’ says NHS
Monday | Feb 19 2018PARENTS of young children with minor illnesses should take them to pharmacies rather than GPs or an A&E, a new NHS England campaign says, reports the BBC.
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Med cannabis challenges
Monday | Feb 19 2018WITH society's growing demand for access to medicinal cannabis, physicians and regulators are facing "significant challenges" keeping pace, according to Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) authors writing in the MJA.
