News
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Cloud 9 up in smoke
Monday | Sep 24 2018WEST Australian pharmacist Hoang Nam Nguyen, 35, the owner of the Cloud 9 smoke-shop chain, has pleaded guilty to nearly two dozen charges of illegally supplying synthetic cannabis through his group of rainbow-coloured outlets.
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Homeopathic NET loss
Monday | Sep 24 2018ALL aqueous-based homeopathic products supplied by NET Remedies are being withdrawn due to possible microbial contamination.
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EMA sartan review
Monday | Sep 24 2018THE European Medicines Agency has extended its review of impurities in valsartan medicines, after discovering very low levels of N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in another active substance, losartan, made by India's Hetero Labs.
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Amcal springs into hay fever action
Monday | Sep 24 2018MORE than 20% of hay fever sufferers admit the condition forces them to disengage from participating in social activities with their loved ones, according to the results of a recent nationwide survey conducted by Amcal Pharmacy.
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PPA advice on MHR
Monday | Sep 24 2018WITH the deadline for opting out of the My Health Record digital health record system set at this stage for 15 Nov, union group Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) has provided some guidance for employee pharmacists around issues associated with being in the system.
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US opioid training
Monday | Sep 24 2018A new ruling by the US Food and Drug Administration has mandated that training available through its Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Management Strategy (REMS) be available to pharmacists.
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Sep 24 2018
24 Sep 18A generous Irish fundraiser has launched an intriguing bid to help support a teenager with cancer by hitchhiking across Scotland - while carrying a microwave oven.
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ACCC OKs Arrow-Apotex
Friday | Sep 21 2018THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the green light to the proposed merger of Arrow and Apotex (PD 10 May 2018), finding that the transaction "will not substantially lessen competition in any market".
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Location rules tweaked
Friday | Sep 21 2018NEGOTIATIONS between the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Health Department have seen the release of amendments to the Pharmacy Location Rules (PD breaking news), with Health Minister Greg Hunt signing an Amending Determination this week to enact the new arrangements.
