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Additional $92 million, or 5 percent, government funding for pharmaceutical wholesalers
16 June 2020 - Pharmaceutical wholesalers will receive an additional $92 million, or 5 per cent, funding from the federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2020
$18.3 billion deal struck to fund Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, improve indigenous health
12 June 2020 - The Morrison government will spend an additional $100 million over the next five years on medication ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2020
More essential support for Australian patients through community pharmacy
12 June 2020 - Australians will have better access to subsidised medicines and medication management services through community pharmacy with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Painkiller packs cut down to size as opioid crackdown intensifies
27 May 2020 - The drugs have become household names in Australia: oxycodone, codeine, morphine and tramadol. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
Record flu vaccines in 2020 to protect Australians
27 May 2020 - An additional two million flu vaccines will available from this week bringing the total number available in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2020
Serious shortages substitution notice
14 May 2020 - Where a serious shortages substitution notice has been issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and supported ...
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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2020
CSL boosting flu vaccine supply in coronavirus crisis
8 April 2020 - Australia’s biggest health company, CSL, is stepping up supplies of the latest flu vaccine after Health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association granted interim authorisation by the ACCC
3 April 2020 - In an important collaborative step, Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association have today ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2020
Controversial malaria drug for COVID-19 cases on way to Australia
4 April 2020 - Australia has secured 2,000 courses of an anti-malaria drug that are to be shipped here and available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Expansion of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme continued dispensing arrangements COVID-19
31 March 2020 - The Australian Government has extended the temporary Continued Dispensing (Emergency Measures) for three months to 30 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Ensuring continued access to medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic
31 March 2020 - The Australian Government has approved a number of temporary changes to medicines regulation to ensure Australians can ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Australia Post announces launch of pharmacy home delivery service amid coronavirus crisis
28 March 2020 - Australia Post has announced the launch of its Pharmacy Home Delivery Service to assist vulnerable members ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
‘Uber for pharmacies’ launches
26 March 2020 - Shares in ASX-listed tech provider MedAdvisor are up by almost 25%, after the company announced a ...