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PHARMAC may have to compete for measles vaccine
17 September 2019 - PHARMAC is looking at whether it can order more measles vaccine in case the latest batch runs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2019
I'm not in ...some Third World place': bladder cancer patients face ongoing scarcity of life-saving drug
16 September 2019 - Canada's only supplier, Merck, is now projecting BCG shortage will last until December 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2019
U.S. officials worried about Chinese control of American drug supply
13 September 2019 - "Basically we've outsourced our entire industry to China," retired Brig. Gen. John Adams told NBC News. "That ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2019
China’s grip on pharmaceutical drugs is a national security issue
10 September 2019 - If you take a pill every day to treat high blood pressure or high cholesterol, you ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2019
Will the UK run out of insulin and other vital medicines in a no-deal Brexit?
9 September 2019 - All but the most brazen companies aim to win their customers’ trust. But for businesses supplying ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2019
'Ridiculous' to force women to visit GP for a repeat pill prescription, pharmacists say
6 September 2019 - The Pharmacy Guild has urged Health Minister Greg Hunt to kick-start a process to allow women ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Pharmacy face off: Chemist Warehouse’s push to provide free prescription medicine
4 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy retailer, Chemist Warehouse, is offering to provide free prescription medicine, if restrictive rules ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Free prescriptions blocked by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
3 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy chain has offered to provide free prescription medicines if restrictive rules are changed. But ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
NHS leaders warn of no-deal Brexit flu vaccine delays
30 August 2019 - A no-deal Brexit would make delays in the flu vaccine supply this year “likely”, according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2019
'We're not selling fruit and veg here': Why pharmacists, doctors and retailers are fighting over your medicines
30 August 2019 - They have been described as the most powerful lobby group in Australia, feared by politicians from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2019
Great Britain faces food, fuel and medicine shortages in no-deal Brexit, official leaked papers say
19 August 2019 - Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2019
Brexit's disruptive impact on U.K. and European prescription drug market
15 August 2019 - The new Prime Minister of Britain, Boris Johnson, is one of the more strident Brexiteers. He's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
Government to set up ‘express freight service’ for medicinal products in event of no-deal Brexit
15 August 2019 - Additional preparation to ensure continuity of supplies. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2019
Pssst ... want to buy some insulin or other lifesaving medicine? Go to Canada.
14 August 2019 - Last week, I walked into a small-town pharmacy in rural Canada in search of lifesaving medicine: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2019
Push for 24 hour convenience stores to sell prescription medicines
10 August 2019 - The peak body for convenience stores has backed calls to relax the strict rules governing pharmacies ...