News
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VPA reference warning
Monday | Jan 21 2019THE Victorian Pharmacy Authority (VPA) has highlighted the outcome of several recent pharmacy inspections in which "gross deficiencies in mandatory references" were identified.
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Guild planning tools
Monday | Jan 21 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has released a new online training module to assist members wanting to utilise its ScriptMAP and Opportunity Analysis tools.
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April price disclosure
Monday | Jan 21 2019INDICATIVE price disclosure-related price changes have been posted by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme at pbs.gov.au.
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Possible HDL boost
Monday | Jan 21 2019UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences Professor Rob Yang says he and his team have identified a protein called ORP2 responsible for transporting cholesterol in a cell.
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Bowel cancer awareness ramps up
Monday | Jan 21 2019CANCER Council Australia has welcomed $10m in government funding for a national mass media campaign to encourage more Australians to screen for bowel cancer with a simple home test that could save their life.
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New CDI antibiotic
Monday | Jan 21 2019RESEARCHERS at Flinders University in Western Australia have developed a new antibiotic which is being claimed as a breakthrough in the war against drug-resistant "superbugs".
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Lung cancer stigma
Monday | Jan 21 2019LUNG Foundation Australia is launching a "raw new campaign" calling on Australians to stop asking patients living with lung cancer the wrong question.
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Alkyl nitrites risk
Monday | Jan 21 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration will host public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne in early 2019 regarding appropriate access to and safety controls of alkyl nitrites, which are being upscheduled to S9 - see tga.gov.au.
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Low back pain clinic
Monday | Jan 21 2019NPS Medicinewise has posted a series of resources for health professionals counselling patients with low back pain.
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Dr charged with fraud
Monday | Jan 21 2019A 50 year-old Brisbane doctor has been charged with 17 counts of fraud, uttering, obtaining or detailing with identification, falsification of records and forgery.
