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Latest headlines

AstraZeneca Tue 21 May 13

AZ boosts local production

ASTRAZENECA Australia has announced a third production line at its plant in North Ryde, NSW, significantly boosting capacity in response to growing Chinese demand for a key asthma drug.


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6CPA talks “premature”

HEALTH Minister Tanya Plibersek says any discussions relating to increased dispensing fees in the next Community Pharmacy Agreement are premature, with a spokesperson saying yesterday’s Medicines Australia report on the impact of PBS reforms contains “errors, inaccuracies and a selective use of statistics,” says the AFR.


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New direct buying option

INDEPENDENT pharmacies are being invited to bypass “big wholesalers such as API or Sigma and Symbion,” with the launch of a new trading website operated by Sydney-based United Prestige.

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