News
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#yourmedicineexperts
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018SOME members of the Australian pharmacy sector celebrated World Pharmacists Day yesterday with a social media initiative seeing them post images of their pharmacist teams with the hashtag #yourmedicineexperts.
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Nursing home meds
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018NEARLY two-thirds of nursing home residents are given psychiatric drugs every day according to a drug-use survey by the University of Tasmania.
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Patent search tool
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018THE World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new online tool to help government medication procurement agencies across the globe better understand the global patent status of drugs.
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Bod links with Uni of Sydney’s Lambert
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018MEDICINAL cannabis and health products company Bod has announced it has entered a research collaboration with the University of Sydney Lambert Initiative for the development of a compound marker required in the Phase I clinical trial of Bod's sublingual cannabis wafer.
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Migraine course
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018GUILD Learning and Development has launched a new course to educate pharmacists on Aimovig (erenumab), which was recently registered in Australia for migraine prophylaxis (PD 23 Aug).
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Tilray cannabis for Vic
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018NASDAQ-LISTED North American pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis producer Tilray has announced it has successfully exported medical cannabis from Canada to Australia to distribute to critically ill children.
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Antihistamine probe
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has proposed undertaking a safety investigation of off-label use of a Schedule 2 brompheniramine/phenylephrine oral liquid indicated for allerginc rhinitis which is being used off-label for "cough and cold" indications in young children.
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Canadian pharmacist struck off
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018THE College of Pharmacists of British Columbia in Canada has deregistered a pharmacist who allegedly sold unsterile capsules containing human placenta.
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Dispensary Corner
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018
26 Sep 18A Belgian politician has suffered a severe case of "lost in translation" after an online poster promoting his candidacy (below)went viral across the globe.
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Natural Baby Bamboo Baby Wipes
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018GAIA Natural Baby's Bamboo Baby Wipes gently cleanse, soothe and care for baby's delicate skin at change time.
