News
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Viscotears supply
Monday | Mar 26 2018EYECARE specialist company Bausch + Lomb has confirmed to Pharmacy Daily that its Viscotears Eye Gel 10g, Carbomer 2mg/g is now out of stock.
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New diabetes listing
Monday | Mar 26 2018PHARMACEUTICAL giants Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly have jointly announced that their new oral, fixed-dose combination of the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance) and DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin (Trajenta) will be available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from 01 Apr 2018 as Glyxambi under specific conditions.
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Subcut methotrexate
Monday | Mar 26 2018THE Department of Health has notified specialist pharmaceutical and medical technology company Link Healthcare that its Trexject methotrexate pre-filled syringes for subcutaneous administration will be listed as a streamlined authority on the PBS from 01 Apr for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
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GSK challenge
Monday | Mar 26 2018GLAXOSMITHKLINE has launched its 'Discovery Fast Track Australian Challenge', a program designed to accelerate the translation of early-stage research into game-changing new medicines via a new template for drug discovery.
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Codeine ‘fake news’
Monday | Mar 26 2018CLAIMS by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt that "up to 100 lives a year could be saved" by last month's upscheduling of OTC codeine products have been debunked by the ABC's 'Fact Check'.
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Footy tipping winners
Monday | Mar 26 2018CONGRATULATIONS to Garry Anderson from Sproutlife Pharmaceuticals, who was the top tipper last weekend in the Pharmacy Daily NRL tipping comp.
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$1.5m for UTS CM research
Monday | Mar 26 2018UTS Sydney's Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) has been awarded $1.5 million in funding from the Blackmores Foundation, Bioceuticals and the Jacka Foundation.
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Pfizer OTC division sale fail
Monday | Mar 26 2018PHARMACEUTICAL behemoth Pfizer has lost the last bidder for the sale of its OTC business, which includes Advil, Centrum and Chapstick ranges, with GSK announcing it is pulling from the auction field.
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Events Calendar 23 Mar 18
Friday | Mar 23 201828-29 Apr: Victorian Pharmacy Conference 2018; Parkville, Victoria; find out more here: www.psa.org.au, 3-6 May: APP.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | Mar 23 2018
23 Mar 18HAIR accessories have suddenly become a big thing, after 85-year-old US Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg released details of her favourite places in the world to buy scrunchies.
