News
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Chisholm Chemist is Capital Champ
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018CANBERRA'S Capital Chemist Chisholm has been named the top Pharmacy of the Year for the Capital Chemist group.
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Special Access Scheme online system
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has released details of its new online system to enable the electronic submission of Special Access Scheme (SAS) applications and notifications to the TGA.
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PBS forms online
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018THE Department of Human Services has made new forms available online for pharmacists and customers to download.
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ASMI AGM last week
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018THE Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has elected Theresa Agnew, GSK Consumer Healthcare Area General Manager Australia and NZ to its Board of Directors.
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A rose by any other…
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018"A ROSE by any other name would smell as sweet", said William Shakespeare's Juliet, but a drug name pronounced differently may not, according to an editorial in this month's edition of Australian Prescriber, the official organ of NPS MedicineWise.
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Omega-3 health
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018THE secret to healthy ageing may, in part, be linked to consuming an extra serving of fish each week, new research published in the British Medical Journal has reported this week.
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Fasenra onto PBS
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018ASTRAZENECA has announced the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listing of its Fasenra (benralizumab) for patients with severe eosiniphilic asthma who meet specific criteria.
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Medlab to Europe
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018LISTED medical life sciences company Medlab Clinical Limited has launched a wholly owned subsidiary in the EU, with the aim of managing current and future dealings with its NanaBis and proposed drug registration models with the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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Maxigesic study
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018A NEW large randomised trial just published in Clinical Therapeutics comparing a US formulation of Maxigesic to equivalent doses of paracetamol and ibuprofen shows that combined product provides significantly superior pain relief than either paracetamol or ibuprofen on their own.
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Dispensary Corner
Wednesday | Dec 5 2018
05 Dec 18CAN changing language help reduce our reliance on fatty meat products.
