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Dispensary Corner 19 Jan 17
Thursday | Jan 19 2017JUST as a replacement for health minister Sussan Ley was announced, Ken Harvey, Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Adjunct Associate Professor has marked her abrupt departure with a comment about Ley's 2015 rejection of recommendations from then chief medical officer Chris Baggoley.
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Guild ITP extension
Thursday | Jan 19 2017THE earlybird enrolment competition for the Guild's Intern Training Program (PD 10 Jan) has been extended until 24 Jan - more at www.internpharmacist.com.au.
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NZ microbead ban
Thursday | Jan 19 2017THE New Zealand government has opened consultation on a proposed ban on the use of plastic "microbeads" in personal care products such as cosmetics, body washes and toothpastes.
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Pharmacists to sell six months’ OCs
Thursday | Jan 19 2017THE New Zealand Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) has recommended that the classification of selected oral contraceptives (OCs) be changed to allow supply by pharmacists in certain circumstances, the Ministry of Health has announced.
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Chinese high CVD risk
Thursday | Jan 19 2017CARDIOVASCULAR disease (CVD) has been dubbed Australia's top health issue, but Chinese Australians have been identified as especially vulnerable, according to researchers at the Sax Institute.
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Biosimilar consult
Thursday | Jan 19 2017THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally released its long-awaited draft guidance detailing the agency's expectations for demonstrating biosimilar interchangeability.
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Notifications update
Thursday | Jan 19 2017THANKS to the scores of Pharmacy Daily readers who noted with alarm that there were 10,082 notifications nationally to the Pharmacy Board of Australia last year (PD yesterday).
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TGA committees cut
Thursday | Jan 19 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has confirmed a restructure of its advisory committees, which have been reduced from 11 to 7 effective 01 Jan 2017, as part of the response to the Expert Review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation.
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Auto-dispensing help
Thursday | Jan 19 2017PATIENTS whose medications are automatically dispensed on the spot when prescribed by a doctor have shown much higher rates of adherence than those who get their scripts filled at the chemist, according to a new US study.
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Health Minister hunt ends
Thursday | Jan 19 2017LIBERAL member for Flinders in Victoria, Greg Hunt has been announced as the Minister for Health and Sport (PD breaking news yesterday) replacing Sussan Ley who resigned from the portfolio last week over controversies around travel expenses.