News
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Abortion pill spike
Wednesday | Oct 9 2024US SCIENTISTS have reported a significant rise in online prescriptions for direct-to-patient abortion drugs in the year following the country's Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal right to abortion.
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Naloxone push
Wednesday | Oct 9 2024IT IS Queensland Mental Health Week (05-13 Oct) and, the state's Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Mental Health Commission are raising awareness of the national Take Home Naloxone program.
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Ease of supply
Wednesday | Oct 9 2024MAKE ordering for Christmas easier with PharmXchange, which has added Natio beauty products to its extensive network for pharmacies.
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Dispensary Corner 09 Oct 24
Wednesday | Oct 9 2024A JOHNS Hopkins study has revealed that where you put your arm during a blood pressure test could be the difference between "you're fine" and "you're basically a ticking time bomb".
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Fred IT’s ‘digital basket’
Tuesday | Oct 8 2024FRED IT has introduced a new 'digital basket' feature for its MedView Flow electronic script queuing system, designed to bridge the gap between physical and electronic prescriptions.
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New trial for rare dementia
Tuesday | Oct 8 2024MONASH University researchers are conducting a clinical trial to assess a potential treatment for behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), a rare but devastating condition affecting individuals as young as 35, including US actor Bruce Willis.
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CSL’s heart drug on PBS
Tuesday | Oct 8 2024CSL Seqirus has welcomed the PBS listing of Vazkepa (icosapent ethyl), a new treatment aimed at reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes in adult patients who are already on statins but have elevated triglycerides and are at high cardiovascular risk.
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Council elections
Tuesday | Oct 8 2024THE NSW Electoral Commission has opened the nomination process for five positions on the state's Pharmacy Council.
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Spread the joy
Tuesday | Oct 8 2024GLUCOJEL is running a major campaign for a $10k giveaway, so stock your shelves well with the popular product to attract more customers instore.
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Pointrs takes off
Tuesday | Oct 8 2024REACH your holiday goals sooner as a member of Pointrs and earn as much as 3.5 times your normal airline and credit card loyalty points when paying pharmacy wholesalers.
