News
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Sleep health probe
Friday | Sep 14 2018A formal inquiry into "Sleep Health Awareness in Australia" has been launched by the Federal House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport.
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Record for Connect
Friday | Sep 14 2018LAST weekend's Pharmacy Connect conference has reported a record-breaking attendance with over 800 pharmacists, pharmacy students and industry representatives taking part in the sessions featuring 40 speakers from Germany, NZ and Australia.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | Sep 14 2018
14 Sep 18IS THIS the next opportunity for pharmacy to provide a health-related service?.
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Qld council “no benefit”
Thursday | Sep 13 2018ESTABLISHING a Pharmacy Council in Queensland to enforce ownership restrictions and regulate pharmacy premises would cost up to $11 million over a 10 year period and would not provide any net benefit to the Qld community.
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NPSA urges more action
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) has warned that despite improvements in legislation designed to manage medicine shortages (PD 12 Sep), patients continue to be placed at risk because of "loopholes in the supply chain" for pharmaceuticals.
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Opioid pack size review
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has commenced a review of opioids commonly used to treat acute pain in the home setting, to consider whether registered pack sizes align with the requirements for their intended short-term use.
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TGA-evaluated CMs
Thursday | Sep 13 2018COMPLEMENTARY Medicines (CMs) that have been evaluated by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) have been listed on the TGA website.
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$10m clinical trials
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE Federal Government is investing $10 million to fund six new rare cancer and rare disease clinical trials focused on improving survival rates with new treatments.
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S3 sildenafil rejected
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA's) Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS) has knocked back an application to make erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil available over-the-counter as a pharmacist-only medicine.
