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HHS announces shipments of donated remdesivir for hospitalised patients with COVID-19
9 May 2020 - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2020
OIA response: medicines from China
11 May 2020 - PHARMAC responds as OIA request, dated 27 February 2020, asking for a list of medications made ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2020
Health care leaders question how remdesivir is being distributed
8 May 2020 - Hospitals and doctors seek more transparency on what criteria the Trump administration is using to ship the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2020
Influenza vaccines released for 2020 season
8 May 2020 - Six influenza vaccines are available in Australia in 2020. All of these vaccines are quadrivalent, which ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2020
COVID-19: PHARMAC warns of significant shortage of surgery drug propofol
6 May 2020 - Hospitals already grappling with a backlog of about 30,000 elective surgeries are being urged to conserve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2020
Pharmaceutical giant’s plan to end Australia’s reliance on Indian and Chinese medicines after COVID-19
2 May 2020 - Australia’s dangerous dependence on India and China to make vital medicines for the sick has come to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2020
Influenza vaccinations for 2020
29 April 2020 - There will be 1.768 million doses of influenza vaccine available this flu season, a 30% (400,000 doses) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2020
Japan to offer anti-flu drug Avigan to 38 countries as early as this week
29 April 2020 - Japan will begin providing the anti-flu drug Avigan for free to 38 countries as early as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2020
How medicine supplies are managed during COVID-19 crisis
28 April 2020 - During the COVID-19 outbreak, one of the things that has been top of mind for me ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2020
Medicines Australia reinforces need for continued collaborative commitment to Australia’s medicine supplies
26 April 2020 - Medicines Australia has today reiterated the critical need for continued and transparent collaboration to support the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2020
Canada’s Apotex donates two million dosages of hydroxychloroquine to the Public Health Agency of Canada
21 April 2020 - Supply will Support Clinical Trials and be Part of the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
DOJ clears U.S. drug companies to distribute hydroxychloroquine to coronavirus patients
21 April 2020 - The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday cited "extreme urgency" in clearing U.S. pharmaceutical distributors from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Why countries can’t meet the demand for gear against COVID-19
19 April 2020 - A host of efforts are under way to unblock bottlenecks. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2020
Avigan ingredient shortage hits Japan stockpile plan
17 April 2020 - Lack of element from China spurs to push to find domestic suppliers. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2020
Record 16.5 million flu vaccines to protect Australians
19 April 2020 - The Australian Government has secured three million additional doses of seasonal influenza vaccines to protect Australians from ...