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Japan drug maker tests medicine vending machine in train station
4 June 2022 - A Japanese pharmaceutical company has started a trial sale of cold medicine, painkillers and other drugs via ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 May 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech provide update on COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with European Commission
13 May 2022 - May 13, 2022 — Pfizer and BioNTech today announced they have reached an agreement with the European ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2022
Arthritis patients suffer after medication diverted due to COVID-19
27 April 2022 - Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers have been left in pain as one of their medications was diverted for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2022
Risks to the 340B drug pricing program related to manufacturer restrictions on drug availability
15 April 2022 - On 21 March 2022, Johnson & Johnson became the 16th pharmaceutical manufacturer to restrict the delivery of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2022
Locally made medicines
4 April 2022 - The Morrison Government is supporting new local jobs in Australia’s innovative medical sector and investing to secure ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2022
PHARMAC secures advance purchase agreement for a pre-exposure COVID-19 treatment
31 March 2022 - PHARMAC has negotiated an agreement with AstraZeneca for its pre-exposure prophylactic COVID-19 treatment, which would be targeted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2022
Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 treatment arrives in New Zealand
31 March 2022 - The first shipment of Pfizer’s new oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19, Paxlovid, has arrived in New ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2022
Moderna finalises strategic partnership with Australian Government
23 March 2022 - On-shore manufacturing facility based in Melbourne, Australia, expected to produce up to 100 million mRNA respiratory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2022
Government of Canada signs new COVID-19 antibody therapy agreement
23 February 2022 - The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health and safety of everyone in Canada ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2022
Anxiety mounts for Australian patients as supply chain crunch hits another arthritis drug
14 February 2022 - Patients are reckoning with major shortages of a second rheumatoid arthritis drug in Australia, with manufacturing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2022
Novavax underdelivers on COVID vaccine promises
9 February 2022 - Novavax has delivered just a small fraction of the 2 billion COVID-19 shots it plans to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2022
Three million Novavax doses touch down in Australia ahead of final TGA approval
8 February 2022 - Millions of Novavax vaccinations have arrived in Australia giving the country a new weapon against COVID-19. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2022
Pharmacist substitution of PBS medicines without a prescription during shortages (Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument) - 8 February 2022
8 February 2022 - From 8 February 2022, abatacept syringe (Orencia) and abatacept auto-injector (Orencia ClickJect) can be interchangeably substituted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2022
Biden promised 500 million free Covid tests. Then he had to find them.
2 February 2022 - Millions of Americans are now receiving tests through the new mail program, which health experts said came ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
Moderna aims to deliver Omicron COVID-19 vaccine by September
27 January 2022 - A COVID-19 booster shot, targeted specifically at the Omicron variant, is expected to be delivered by ...