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A $1 discount on prescription medicines is under threat
16 May 2019 - Australians are likely to pay more for prescription medicines no matter who wins the election on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 May 2019
Sigma Healthcare leadership says it has received no worker reports of medicine mishandling
16 May 2019 - Sigma Healthcare's chief executive Mark Hooper has told investors that the company takes its obligations to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 May 2019
Hospital drug making venture picks antibiotics as first products
15 May 2019 - Nonprofit Civica Rx plans to begin distributing vancomycin hydrochloride and daptomycin before the end of September. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2019
Proposal to widen access to etanercept and award sole supply
3 May 2019 - PHARMAC is proposing to make changes to the funding of etanercept, a biologic medicine used to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2019
Concerns over single brand move for epilepsy sufferers
16 April 2019 - Epilepsy New Zealand is raising concerns about PHARMAC changing its funding to just a single brand of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
No-deal risk recedes, but new Brexit delay adds to uncertainty
12 April 2019 - Delay means industry must sustain no-deal investment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2019
No-deal Brexit could mean temporary medicines export ban
1 April 2019 - The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has called for a temporary ban on drugs exports ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2019
Hospital pharmacists face dozens of drug shortages yearly
28 March 2019 - More than two-thirds of pharmacists in U.S. hospitals deal with at least 50 drug shortages every year, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2019
Greg Hunt shelves plan for two-month scripts after pharmacist backlash
28 March 2019 - A plan to deliver cheaper medicines to millions of Australians by doubling the number of tablets ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2019
EMA tells pharma companies to continue to prepare for UK’s withdrawal
25 March 2019 - With an extension in place that will push the UK's withdrawal from the EU back to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2019
Pharma fears “lack of focus” on no-deal Brexit preparations
22 March 2019 - As Brexit is delayed, pharma suggests new measures to avoid no-deal drugs shortages. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2019
Ontario may lift ban preventing major pharmacies from selling private-label generic drugs
21 March 2019 - Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is considering lifting a ban that prevents major pharmacy chains from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Unprecedented drug shortage linked to Brexit, NHS bosses say
20 March 2019 - Hospitals across England are experiencing medicine shortages due to "stockpiling and price pressure as the Brexit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Senate bill endorses Azar's call to allow drug imports
20 March 2019 - Bipartisan support for a Senate bill that seeks to allow drug importation to boost competition dovetails ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
Brexit - implications for therapeutic goods in Australia
18 March 2019 - In the event of a 'no deal' exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, ...