News
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Contrave approval
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019INOVA Pharmaceuticals has welcomed the TGA approval of its new Contrave weight loss medication, which is a combination of naltrexone and buproprion.
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Nicotine course
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019THE Woolcock Institute of Medical Research is hosting a Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation Training course.
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Managing insulin
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019GUILD Learning & Development has released a new online course to give pharmacists clinical information about Toujeo (insulin glargine 300 units/mL), sponsored by the drug's manufacturer Sanofi.
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Statins for over 75s?
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019DESPITE a European study last year reporting statins had no benefit in healthy patients aged over 75 years, Australian experts criticised its methodology as flawed and now have the evidence demonstrating that statins do benefit these older age groups.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019
05 Feb 19IT MAY be time to start selling face paint in the "itch and bite" sector of your pharmacy.
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PSSt…cheque this out!
Monday | Feb 4 2019THE National Australian Pharmacy Students Association presented this gigantic novelty cheque to the Pharmacists' Support Service at last month's NAPSA Congress in Adelaide.
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Self care investment call
Monday | Feb 4 2019THE Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has released its pre-budget submission to the Federal Government calling for greater investment in self care, elevation of health literacy to a national priority and incentives to increase access to medicines.
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Business plan comp
Monday | Feb 4 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has formally launched the thirteenth annual National Student Business Plan Competition, with Guild National President George Tambassis urging attendees at the NAPSA Congress in Adelaide last month to take part.
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FIP Abu Dhabi regos
Monday | Feb 4 2019REGISTRATIONS have opened for this year's 79th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, which will take place 22-26 Nov in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
