News
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Meningococcal vax offer to Tas teens
Friday | Jul 28 2017A FREE meningococcal W vaccination program will be offered in Tasmania for teens aged 15 to 19 years in school term three of 2017.
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Strong quarter for 1st
Friday | Jul 28 2017ONLINE health, media and technoogy group 1st Group Limited has recorded $700,000 in revenue for the three months to 30 Jun, a quarterly increase of 16%.
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Antibiotic Rx rates up
Friday | Jul 28 2017ANTIBIOTIC prescription rates in Australia are among the highest in the world with the rates of use increasing by 230% in the last decade, according to a report published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.
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WA pharmacists immunisation invite
Friday | Jul 28 2017WESTERN Australian Premier Mark McGowan and state Health Minister Roger Cook have both expressed interest in talking to the Pharmacy Guild about the role community pharmacy can take in immunisation.
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Bittermelon alert
Friday | Jul 28 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has warned that a product labelled Bittermelon Slimming Capsules, purchased online by a number of Australians, contains the undeclared substance sibrutamine - the active ingredient in Reductil which was withdrawn in Oct 2010 after a study showed an increased risk of major cardiac events - see tga.gov.au.
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Health IT tender call
Friday | Jul 28 2017THE Australian Government is seeking to replace the information technology (IT) systems supporting health, aged care and related veterans' payments with a new digital payments platform, based on existing commercial technology, consequently calling a tender for IT consultation services.
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Creso’s Canada expansion
Friday | Jul 28 2017AUSTRALIAN-LISTED medicinal cannabis company Creso Pharma continues to grow its presence overseas, this time taking its first steps into the lucrative Canadian cannabis market.
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eMIMS links to Fred NXT
Friday | Jul 28 2017MIMS Australia and Fred IT Group have announced a collaboration to improve dispensing workflow.
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