News
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Cochrane ticks vit D
Monday | Sep 19 2016a new Cochrane Review has been able to demonstrate that asthmatics given vitamin D had fewer severe asthma attacks that needed treatment with anti-inflammatory tablets, namely oral corticosteroids.
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AIHW Access no. 40
Monday | Sep 19 2016The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has published its latest issue of Access.
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Aged care consult
Monday | Sep 19 2016The Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Ken Wyatt has announced the consultation period on the draft National Aged Care Advocacy Framework is now open.
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Illegal druggist jailed
Monday | Sep 19 2016Peppino Fiori, 66, from Oxted, Surrey, South of London, has been jailed for 12 months for importing and selling potentially dangerous steroids and unlicensed medicines for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and depression, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced.
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New orphan drug
Monday | Sep 19 2016The Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised of the addition of Orfadin (nitisinone) to the list of designated orphan drugs.
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FIP embraces PSNZ
Monday | Sep 19 2016The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) has announced that it has now been accepted into membership of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
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Sweet’n’sour taste
Monday | Sep 19 2016Studies about artificial sweeteners funded by artificial sweetener companies were nearly 17 times more likely to have favourable results, according to a comprehensive review published in PLOS ONE - CLICK HERE for access.
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Halton stepping down
Monday | Sep 19 2016THe pharmaceutical sector has paid tribute to Jane Halton who resigned from the Commonwealth Public Service on Fri.
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Gabby Squires Vic PATY rep
Monday | Sep 19 2016Pharmacy assistant Gabby Squires (pictured) from Jenny Milner-Marsha Watson Pharmacy in Victoria has been chosen to represent her state at the National Finals of the 2016 Phamracy Guild of Australia and GuildSuper Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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J&J HaTCHathon winners
Monday | Sep 19 2016Johnson and Johnson has announced the winners of its inaugural Health and Technology Challenge (the HaTCHathon event), held from 9-11 Sep in Sydney.