News
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Overdose concerns
Tuesday | Jul 25 2017MORE Australians are dying from pharmaceutical prescription opioids than from heroin overdoses, according to data revealed in Fairfax reports yesterday.
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Deakin to audit hospitals
Tuesday | Jul 25 2017RESEARCHERS from Deakin University have announced the first infection survey of Australian hospitals in more than 30 years.
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Guild lays out codeine position
Tuesday | Jul 25 2017EXECUTIVE director of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, David Quilty, has penned an open letter to clarify the Guild's position relating to the up-scheduling of pain relief medicines containing codeine from 01 Feb 2018.
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PPA slams Guild attitude
Tuesday | Jul 25 2017UNION group Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) says it's "disappointed by the attitude and obstruction of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia," as part of the PPA response to the Interim Report of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation.
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Weekly Comment 24 July 17: Potential dangers and damage associated with unwanted medicines
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Dispensary Corner 24 July 17
Monday | Jul 24 2017SPANISH researchers have revealed some surprising side-effects of new cancer therapies, with 14 patients being treated using the drugs seeing their grey hair turn back to brown.
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NZ NSAID changes
Monday | Jul 24 2017NEW Zealand's Medsafe regulator has launched a public consultation on a proposed change to the warning statements on labels of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) available without a prescription.
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Smoking age rises
Monday | Jul 24 2017THE US state of New Jersey has banned the sale of tobacco products to anyone aged under 21, as part of ongoing efforts to "make the next generation tobacco free".
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Medibio appoints
Monday | Jul 24 2017LISTED digital health company Medibio Limited has appointed Adam Darkins as deputy chairman of its board of directors.
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ATSIPSS winners
Monday | Jul 24 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the recipients of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme (ATSIPSS).
