News
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Precision medicine
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018THE future of precision medicine in Australia is developed in a report by that name from the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA), supported by the Department of Health and launched at the end of Jan.
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Dispensing error decriminalisation
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018NEW legislation to protect community pharmacists in the UK from prosecution over dispensing errors has been signed into law by the Privy Council, and could come into force as soon as Apr this year, reports the Pharmaceutical Journal.
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TGA CM advertising debate
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018BOTH science and civil society organisations have continued to raise a storm over the passage through parliament the 2017 Measures No.1 Bill, according to an MJA Insight article.
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Pharmacy training offers
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has announced it has resumed training for community pharmacy qualifications across Australia for pharmacy staff, including dispensary and pharmacy assistants.
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Weekly Comment 19 Feb 18: Promoting your personal brand
Monday | Feb 19 2018WELCOME to PD's weekly comment feature.
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Dispensary Corner 19 Feb 18
Monday | Feb 19 2018PEOPLE can remain very loyal to their doctor, often citing trust as a major factor in the selection process, however when a GP retires it can present patients with a stressful search to locate a new medico they have confidence in.
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Arthrem safety alert
Monday | Feb 19 2018NEW Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, Medsafe, has issued an alert communication saying that natural dietary supplement joint-health and joint-mobility product Arthrem carries "potential risk of harm to the liver".
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Roche to buy Flatiron
Monday | Feb 19 2018ROCHE has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Flatiron Health, a maker of oncology-focused electronic health records.
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Gannon slams vaping
Monday | Feb 19 2018AMA president Michael Gannon has highlighted the cigarette "gateway" risks associated with nicotine vaping, or e-cigarettes, in a Sky News interview.
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FDA guidance x seven
Monday | Feb 19 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week released seven draft, revised draft and final guidance documents on everything from how to develop new drugs to treating early Alzheimer's, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and acute migraines and more.
