News
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PD breaking news – Second tranche of 60-Day Dispensing revealed
Friday | Mar 1 2024The saga of double dispensing continues as further medicines are listed today by the Department of.
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$50m to tackle dementia
Friday | Mar 1 2024venture capital-backed Brandon BioCatalyst's CUREator is set to deliver a BioMedTech Incubator (BMTI) to address dementia after recieving a $50 million grant from the Federal Government.
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ATAGI advice on booster
Friday | Mar 1 2024THE Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) advised the Government yesterday that adults 65 years and over, or those aged 18-64 who are severely immunocompromised, are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster dose every six months.
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$100m SA plant
Friday | Mar 1 2024WORK has begun on pharmacy company Noumed's $100 million Adelaide pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, which will close a national supply gap and generate 180 future local jobs.
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Montu drafts in Tambassis
Friday | Mar 1 2024FORMER Pharmacy Guild President George Tambassis has been appointed yesterday as a special adviser to the Australian medicinal cannabis company Montu.
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DNA technique
Friday | Mar 1 2024SCIENTISTS from Australia and the United States have found a new way to alter the DNA of bacterial cells through a process used to make many vital medicines including insulin, which is proving to be much more efficient than standard industry techniques.
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Diabetes inquiry
Friday | Mar 1 2024A PUBLIC hearing is being held today at Parliament House in Canberra as part of the House Health Committee's inquiry into diabetes.
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Dispensary Corner 01 Mar 24
Friday | Mar 1 2024A tech entrepreneur called Bryan Johnson is on a quest for immortality and has recently revealed that he is spending US$2 million a year for the privilege of reversing his age and no longer balding.
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National RTPM stops drug misuse in NT
Thursday | Feb 29 2024A SERIOUS case of medication misuse in the Northern Territory was avoided earlier this month, thanks to the use of the national Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) system, NT Health told Pharmacy Daily.
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E-cigarette usage triples
Thursday | Feb 29 2024LESS than 10% of Australians are smoking cigarettes and tobacco daily, but the use of e-cigarettes has tripled between 2019 and 2022-2023, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).