APOTEX is recallilng one patch of APO-Metformin XR 1000 mg tablets (batch number E16539) after a report of a small piece of white plastic - most likely from a cable tie - being embedded in a tablet.
Pharmacists are being asked to inspect stock and quarantine any products from the affected batch.
THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has formally expressed its concerns regarding the potential merger between Sigma and Chemist Warehouse (PD 07 Dec 2023) to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
FROM 01 May, pharmacists will be able to dispense Verzenio (abemaciclib) through the PBS to treat Australian patients with an invasive form of early breast cancer that is at high risk of recurring after initial treatment.
BREAST Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) has welcomed a PBAC recommendation to subsidise the breast cancer drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for HER2-low metastatic breast cancer on the PBS.
