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Dispensary Corner 16 Jan 18
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018IF IT'S true that smoking can stunt your growth, then the Portuguese village of Vale de Salgueiro may be resigning itself to a very petite future by encouraging its children to light up and smoke.
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Another AD drug fail
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018EVER elusive, yet another drug that showed great promise for treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has failed in late phase studies.
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PBA call for board members
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018THE Pharmacy Board of Australia is currently calling for applications to fill multiple upcoming vacancies on the board due to the scheduled expiry of terms of appointment.
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Busting for a script?
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018PATIENTS visiting the Chemist Warehouse pharmacy in Fyshwick, ACT last weekend were confronted with an unfortunate grammatical error (pictured) on a sign advising of a 30-40 min waiting time.
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New Arrow items
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018ARROW Pharmaceuticals has announced the launch of two new Chemists' Own products to add to its more than 60 cough and cold items currently available: Paracetamol Plus Diphenhydramine and Ibuprofen Double Strength 400.
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Blockchain an answer
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018TECHNOLOGY research and development standards group IEEE Standards Assocation (IEEE-SA) has analysed barriers and benefits of adopting blockchain technology for securing and optimising the pharmaceutical supply chain.
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Apr price disclosure
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has published its summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2018 April Cycle, which is the Fourth Remove Originator cycle, on the Price Disclosure (SPD) web page.
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Rural stroke risk
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018NEW Australian research published in the MJA has revealed high risk rural patients are not receiving anticoagulant therapy when most should be taking non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) therapy, which has been shown to be safer than warfarin.
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Creso expansion
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018ASX-LISTED cannabis company Creso has announced its expansion into the cannabis and hemp-derived beverage markets with the launch of CLV Frontier Brands which will develop and globally commercialise a bespoke portfolio of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages with cannabis and hemp ingredients, capitalising on this fast growing sector.
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E-cigarette research boost
Tuesday | Jan 16 2018IN WHAT could prove to be a game-changer for the marketing of e-cigarettes, or vaping devices, various experts from the EU and UK have argued that a switch policy to move tobacco smokers across to e-cigarettes would be pro-health.
