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Dispensary Corner 20 Oct 16
Thursday | Oct 20 2016WOULD you let someone film you and your partner having sex for the price tag of 400 (AU$640).
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SHPA cannabis update
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has published an update on the current state of play for medicinal cannabis in Australia, summarising the various legislative moves and clinical trials underway.
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MedAdvisor raises $8m
Thursday | Oct 20 2016DIGITAL medicines adherence company MedAdvisor has successfully completed an $8 million Capital Raising.
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Adult NIP Zostavax
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE first adult addition to the National Immunisation Program (NIP) in a decade, Zostavax, marketed in Australia by CSL's vaccine arm Seqirus, has been announced by the Department of Health.
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Anex bulletin launch
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE Anex Bulletin, a specialty publication for workers in Australia's needle and syringe programs (NSPs), has been relaunched in electronic format.
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EBOS profit growth
Thursday | Oct 20 2016EBOS ceo Patrick Davies has forecast solid growth after a positive start to the financial year.
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Placebos work with the wise and wary
Thursday | Oct 20 2016A PAPER published in the journal Pain has revealed that a group of people who knowingly took placebos still reported a 30% reduction in their lower back pain.
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CHF concern over ABS
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE Consumers Health Forum of Australia has raised concerns about reports that the Australian Bureau of Statistics is considering cutting its Patient Experience Survey.
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New PBS IT system
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE federal government yesterday announced it would replace Australia's existing health and aged care payments IT system, with health minister Sussan Ley saying the current software is "30 years old and is now obsolete".
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Dengue vaccine push
Thursday | Oct 20 2016SUN Pharma has announced a collaboration with the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) to develop a dengue vaccine based on a tailored recombinant virus-like-particle (VLP) tetravalent prototype.