News
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GSK’s new pain category
Friday | Apr 27 2018GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) Consumer Healthcare has announced it has developed a new pain category approach it intends to showcase at APP2018 conference on the Gold Coast.
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RB may be feeling pain again
Friday | Apr 27 2018RECKITT Benckiser (RB) has attracted some unwanted attention, with the Therapeutic Goods Administration confirming it is investigating complaints about advertising for its Nuromol ibuprofen/paracetamol combination analgesic.
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Pharmacy Echo fears
Friday | Apr 27 2018PHARMACISTS in the UK have expressed concern around a new National Health Service-backed prescription app Echo, which enables patients to order repeat prescriptions that are posted free to their home, removing the local community pharmacy from the dispensing process and thus reducing pharmacy traffic.
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Little Hep B Hero
Friday | Apr 27 2018HEPATITIS Victoria has launched a new children's book and resource for families to raise awareness about viral hepatitis.
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PSA ANZAC book
Friday | Apr 27 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has highlighted the availability of "Queensland Pharmacists of World War I", a book reflecting on the contribution of pharmacists in The Great War 1914-1918 - see psa.org.au/shop.
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Industry connection
Friday | Apr 27 2018GILEAD Sciences Australia md Rob Hetherington MPS will be the key presenter at an upcoming Industry Connect Program event hosted by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia in its Vic offices on 11 May - psa.org.au/vicevents.
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Cannabis for cancer
Friday | Apr 27 2018MEDICAL cannabis has been shown to help people living with cancer manage their symptoms, with more than 95% of respondents reporting an improvement, according to a study published in the Mar edition of the European Journal of Internal Medicine.
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EU warns on green tea supplements
Friday | Apr 27 2018FOOD safety authorities in the European Union have issued an alert about high doses of supplements containing green tea extracts, saying they could be associated with liver damage.
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Pharmacist sentence
Friday | Apr 27 2018THE owner of a pharmacy in Florida, USA has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his part in a US$100 million compounding pharmacy fraud scheme.
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Valproate restriction
Friday | Apr 27 2018THE UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has changed the licence for valproate medicines (Epilim, Depakote and generic brands) so that it must no longer be prescribed to women or girls of childbearing potential unless they are on the pregnancy prevention program.
