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Close the chapter
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued a warning about "Chapter Plus+ By Backslim Capsules," saying after testing they have been found to contain the undeclared prescription-only substance sibutramine which was withdrawn in 2010 after a study showed an increased risk of major cardiac events.
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Perth robbery
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018WESTERN Australia Police are looking for a man over an alleged robbery of a drive-in pharmacy in the Perth suburb of Bayswater last Sat afternoon.
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Mylan data tool
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018AUSTRALIAN pharmacies are missing out on $12,000 in potential Premium Free Dispensing Incentives annually, according to Mylan Australia.
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FSM hails changes
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018HEALTH insurers in Australia paid out more than $50 million on natural therapies in the Jun 2018 quarter, with Friends of Science In Medicine (FSM) hailing government changes to withdraw financial support for such items.
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1st Group seals deal
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018LISTED digital health, media and technology firm 1st Group Limited has signed a one-year contract to provide technology solutions to SmartClinics, digitising more of its patients' journeys and replacing existing HotDoc and HealthEngine systems at 34 GP medical centres.
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AHPRA Vic closed
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018THE Melbourne office of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is closed today due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday.
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NZ pharmacy strike
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018PHARMACISTS working for New Zealand's Nelson Marlborough District Health Board have voted in favour of strike action over ongoing delays in negotiating a new collective employment agreement.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Nov 6 2018
06 Nov 18THERE'S been a major case of food rage in Italy, with a vegan woman ordered to pay compensation after threatening to kill her mother for serving up bolognese sauce.
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Maningrida Pharmacy medal
Monday | Nov 5 2018THE Northern Territory's Maningrida Pharmacy Service has been awarded the Administrator's Medal in Primary Health Care, with the accolade given by the Honourable Vicki O'Halloran AM at a ceremony at Government House in Darwin last week.
