News
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Harvey responds
Wednesday | Jan 24 2018KEN Harvey says he and his so-called "fringe group" colleagues are raising genuine concerns about proposed revisions to the "current convoluted and impotent advertising complaint system".
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$11.6b Sanofi buy
Wednesday | Jan 24 2018SANOFI has announced the US$11.6b acquisition of Bioverative, a biopharmaceutical company focused on haemophilia and other rare blood disorders therapies, including Eloctate and Alprolix, both of which are marketed in Australia, Japan & North America.
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NSW govt funds free kids flu jab
Wednesday | Jan 24 2018CHILDREN aged under five are now eligible for free flu injections in accordance with a new influenza vaccination program launched by the NSW Government yesterday.
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Board reiterates opportunities
Wednesday | Jan 24 2018THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has urged pharmacists to "make your mark in pharmacy" by seeking appointment to the Board, with applications to fill practitioner and community member vacancies now open (PD 16 Jan 2018).
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New UK needle exchange machine
Wednesday | Jan 24 2018A pharmacy in Britain is now offering a needle exchange service using a vending machine, according to a Chemist+Druggist report.
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‘Consumers are winners’
Wednesday | Jan 24 2018THE Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has touted consumers as "winners" from the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA's) proposed advertising reform (PD 19 Jan) and new approach to increasing availability of pharmacist-only medicines.
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Guild Update 23 Jan 18
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Dispensary Corner 23 Jan 18
Tuesday | Jan 23 2018KEEPING kids who suffer from conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) still can be a difficult challenge - especially in schools.
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NZSMI blasts NZ codeine upschedule
Tuesday | Jan 23 2018New Zealand's complementary medicine products industry body, the New Zealand Self-Medication Industry (NZSMI), says a decision by Medsafe's Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) to make over-the-counter codeine in combination painkillers prescription-only from Jan 2020 is "disappointing and unnecessary.
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Pharmacy BP clinics
Tuesday | Jan 23 2018THE role community pharmacies can play in the diagnosis and management of hypertension by taking blood pressure (BP) readings should be cautiously interpreted, according to research published in the Journal of Hypertension.
