News
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ACCC ticks Bayer buy
Friday | Mar 23 2018THE Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose Bayer AG's proposed acquisition of Monsanto Corporation on the basis of global divestments.
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PSSt..feeling stressed?
Friday | Mar 23 2018THE Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS) has launched a new publication for the Australian pharmacy profession titled 'Managing Stress in Pharmacy'.
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NPS RA webinars
Friday | Mar 23 2018A NEW series of webinars hosted by NPS MedicineWise focuses on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with CPD options for pharmacists included.
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SAS cannabis forms
Friday | Mar 23 2018THE TGA has released special Special Access Scheme forms for use by NSW medical practitioners who would like to notify/apply to access and prescribe an unapproved medicinal cannabis product to a patient in NSW, under the new simplified Federal-state process approved by NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard (PD 02 Mar).
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Addiction at APP2018
Friday | Mar 23 2018MONASH Health addiction medicine specialist and former drug treatment specialist with the World Health Organization Dr David Jacka (pictured) will present to APP2018 delegates on the pharmacist's role in harm minimisation on Sun 06 May.
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Immunisation uneven
Friday | Mar 23 2018NATIONALLY, more children are fully immunised by the time they are five years old than in the past, however, variations are still seen across local areas, according to new data released yesterday by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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HIV prevention PBS
Friday | Mar 23 2018MYLAN Australia has confirmed PBS listing as a Streamlined Authority in the General Schedule for its Tenofovir/Emtricitabine 300/200 pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV infection for medium to high risk Australians, to become effective from 01 Apr.
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Pharmacist found ‘unfit’
Friday | Mar 23 2018THE NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) has prosecuted a complaint against pharmacist Nicholas Fearon before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which found him guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct, and having been convicted of a criminal offence in NSW, was not a suitable person to hold registration as a pharmacist.
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SIG confident of strategy
Friday | Mar 23 2018SIGMA Healthcare says 2017/18 was a "challenging year" during which it continued to execute its long term strategy despite declining sales due to softening consumer sentiment and reduced demand for low-margin Hepatitis C drugs.
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PD breaking news – Sigma profit declines 10.5%
Thursday | Mar 22 2018Dividend payout maintained despite softening in sales.
