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Eagle eye on anti-fungals
Tuesday | Jul 11 2017AUSTRALIAN-LISTED but China-focused nutritional products company Eagle Health Holdings Limited (not related to Eagle Natural Health - PD 11 May) has announced it has signed a Term Sheet agreement with Biovite Australia to distribute Biovite's dermatological range of anti-fungal products in China.
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Antibiotics ‘overprescribed’
Tuesday | Jul 11 2017OVER-PRESCRIBING of antibiotics in Australia has now been quantified, according to an article published in the MJA.
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Dispensary Corner 10 July 17
Monday | Jul 10 2017POLICE in the UK have issued a public appeal to find the owner of a human finger, after a seven year investigation failed to reveal to whom it belonged.
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DA “sugar tax” call
Monday | Jul 10 2017DIABETES Australia (DA) has reiterated its call for an introduction of a "health levy" on sugar sweetened drinks to help combat Australia's obesity epidemic and reduce the number of people developing type 2 diabetes.
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Location, location!
Monday | Jul 10 2017PHARMACY Guild president George Tambassis has accused Courier Mail journalist Mike O'Connor of being "naive at best and misleading at worst," after a report where the writer argued against location rules by likening the current community pharmacy model to competition between restaurants.
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Electronic dosing fix
Monday | Jul 10 2017INTERNATIONAL drug delivery systems manufacturer Aptar Pharma has announced the approval, by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), of the first integrated electronic nasal spray lockout device called e-Lockout.
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Sickle cell FDA tick
Monday | Jul 10 2017THE US FDA has approved Endari (L-glutamine oral powder) for patients aged five years and older with sickle cell disease, to reduce serious complications associated with the disorder.
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Telstra for My Health
Monday | Jul 10 2017TELSTRA Health has joined IT systems integrator Chamonix, digital health start-up Tyde and online appointment booking service HealthEngine as a licensed portal operator for the My Health Record, so consumers using the new HealthNow app can use it to access their My Health Record via the app, reports Pulse+IT.
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Antidepressant-benzo concomitance
Monday | Jul 10 2017THE risks of dispensing benzodiazepine and antidepressant therapy concomitantly have been highlighted in a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
