News
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Bill amended
Friday | Feb 16 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017) Bill was passed by the Senate yesterday, with the Government and Opposition both supporting an amendment to continue advertising pre-approval (in mainstream media) for two years, with a review after 18 mths.
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Photopheresis alert
Friday | Feb 16 2018HEALTH professionals and consumers are being advised that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is investigating a safety concern regarding the Therakos Cellex Photopheresis System.
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Opdivo for bladders
Friday | Feb 16 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced approval of an eighth indication for Bristol-Myers Squibb's immuno-oncology therapy, Opdivo (nivolumab), namely for advanced inoperable bladder cancer under certain conditions.
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Holista inks $6m deal
Friday | Feb 16 2018ASX-LISTED Perth-based biotech Holista CollTech, focused on natural ingredients and wellness products, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with New York-based Holista Foods to supply its patented low glycemic index (GI) mix to Ontario-based Wing's, North America's leading noodle supplier.
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Pharmacist stabbed
Friday | Feb 16 2018IN THE sleepy Wales village of Carmarthenshire in Dec 2016, pharmacist Michael Irons was confronted by a knife-wielding psychotic who believed the medical profession had been conspiratorily overprescribing medication and thought Irons "had profited from it", reports the BBC.
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Cold-plunge pain cure
Friday | Feb 16 2018A CASE-STUDY of a triathlete who accidentally may have unearthed a causal relationship between a cold-water swim and remission of postoperative intercostal neuropathic pain exacerbated by movement, has been published in a BMJ Case Report.
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Larch guideline
Friday | Feb 16 2018THE TGA has published a new compositional guideline for Larix arabinogalactan - a "highly branched polysaccharide" derived from Larix occidentalis (Western larch) or Larix laricina (Eastern larch) wood by extraction of water - for details see www.tga.gov.au.
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Pulling back the PBS veil
Friday | Feb 16 2018ACKNOWLEDGING that many Australians are unaware of the processes involved in bringing new medicines to Australia, Pharmaceutical research giant GSK and ViiV have joined to create a new report intended to "pull back the curtain" on the PBS.
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Pharmacy tobacco sales?
Friday | Feb 16 2018DRAMATICALLY changing the retail distribution of tobacco products so they become available exclusively in pharmacies, is a strategy explored by University of Otago, New Zealand researchers.
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Pharmacist-led Rx education
Friday | Feb 16 2018PHARMACIST-LED education for junior doctors has proved to be effective in reducing prescription writing errors in a Melbourne study published in the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia's Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research.
