UNIVERSITY of Queensland (UQ)researchers have discovered how to reverse drug resistance in skin and mouth squamous cell carcinomas.
UQ Diamantina Institute Associate Professor Nicholas Saunders said, “In our study, we successfully added a new drug to an existing treatment to make squamous cell carcinomas responsive to treatment.”
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THE Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) is seeking a voice at the table when negotiations begin for the next Community Pharmacy Agreement (CPA) following confirmation by Health Minister Greg Hunt that the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) will also be involved (PD yesterday).
CONSIDERED one of Australia’s most urgent public health crises, opioid-related harm is the central theme in the latest issue of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)’s flagship organ the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (JPPR).
FEDERAL Health Minister Greg Hunt has made a commitment to build into the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) “the expanded scope of practice, where pharmacy will be involved increasingly in preventive health.”