News
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New PBS cancer listings
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018THE government has announced several new cancer medicines to be subsidised via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, with health minister Greg Hunt saying the move shows the Coalition's commitment to the PBS is "rock solid".
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New GBMA chair
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018THE pending departure of Allan Tillack from his current role as Sandoz general manager in Australia will also see him step down as chair of the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association.
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Merck milestone
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018MARKING 350 years of research and development, Australian employees of science and technology company Merck will this week join 52,000 global colleagues from 66 countries to celebrate in a live broadcast link-up.
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Provisional approval
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that Lartruvo (olaratumab) is the first medicine to be given the tick under the new "provisional approval pathway" which came into effect last month (PD 21 Mar).
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New Little Bodies
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018TODAY'S Pharmacy Daily features a full page from Little Bodies, promoting its new range of products for children with eczema.
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Hypertension dispute
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have come under heavy fire from scientists at the University of Sydney and Bond University over lowering of thresholds defining hypertension to 130/80 mmHg.
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S8 codeine?
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018THE Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling will consider a proposal to further up-schedule medications such as Panadeine Forte to S8, in order to address "scheduling inconsistencies".
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Coffee on the agenda
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018IN WHAT looks like a medical backflip, new research has put coffee back on the menu for people with cardiac arrhythmias.
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Pneumonia vax
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018NEW research to be presented at this week's International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) conference in Melbourne highlights the impact of herd immunity from infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine programs, which have helped protect older adults from invasive pneumococcal disease.
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Early bird $ closing
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018EARLYBIRD registration closes next week for the upcoming International Life Long Learning in Pharmacy 2018 conference.
