News
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Western Aust’s $580m RAT problem
Friday | May 5 2023AN EYE-WATERING $580m has been spent on RATs by the West Australian government, according to the state's Auditor General, Caroline Spencer, who was flabbergasted and reported, she has "never before witnessed such escalation in the cost of a program over such a short timeframe".
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Holding out to be local
Friday | May 5 2023PHARMACARE CEO Glenn Cochran has been watching the sale of Blackmores closely, noting a rise in international ownership of complementary medicine companies.
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Raven’s podcast
Friday | May 5 2023THE Raven's Recruitment podcast - season 07 Ep 01 with pharmacist & UNSW academic Dr Ramesh Walpole, on patient and medication safety, and social determinants of safe practices, is available HERE and on your favourite podcast app.
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Live vax safety
Friday | May 5 2023HEALTHCARE professionals are reminded that live vaccines should not be given to people who are significantly immunocompromised or pregnant, the TGA has said.
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Funding till 2025
Friday | May 5 2023THE Medicare Heart Health Check with items 699 and 177 will be funded for another two years with at least 250k Aussies to take up a check in this time.
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$273m venture
Friday | May 5 2023UNIVERSITY of Sydney spinout, Kinoxis Therapeutics, today announced a partnership with global pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to develop oxytocin-targeting precision treatments aimed at improving the quality of life for people living with psychiatric disorders.
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Wear a halo
Friday | May 5 2023MOTHERLESS Daughters Australia (MDA) is encouraging everyone who will experience the joy of spending time with or speaking to their mum this Mother's Day to think of those who can't.
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Dispensary Corner 05 May 23
Friday | May 5 2023US AUTHORITIES have granted approval for a unique new medical device - a toilet seat which can automatically monitor users' vital signs.
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PSA ups women leaders
Thursday | May 4 2023THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has elected a record number of women to its branch committees to serve till 2026.
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Occupational hazard up
Thursday | May 4 2023COMMUNITY pharmacists report the busy nature of their work means they are not always able to follow their own professional dry eye management advice.
