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New legislation to support medicine substitutions
5 March 2021 - New legislation has been passed to allow pharmacists to substitute a different medicine when a patient's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2021
Martin Shkreli accused of drug monopoly scheme by insurer
5 March 2021 - A Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate sued “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical industry’s imprisoned enfant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2021
Italy, EU refuse AstraZeneca request to ship 250,000 doses of vaccine to Australia
5 March 2021 - Italy and the European Union have blocked a shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine destined for Australia ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2021
CSL warns AstraZeneca booster shots not available until end of year
2 March 2021 - Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine maker CSL says it is open to making booster shots for AstraZeneca for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2021
NHS prescription charges set to rise in England
2 March 2021 - The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase to £9.35 from 1 April 2021 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2021
The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine have arrived. What happens next?
28 February 2021 - Australia has doubled its coronavirus vaccine stocks after hundreds of thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2021
The common medicines hit with shortages as COVID supply issues worsen
24 February 2021 - Australians are being forced to take desperate measures to track down prescription medications they need as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2021
Biden to sign order seeking homegrown fixes for shortfalls of foreign-made items
24 February 2021 - Shortages of medical supplies and ingredients for pharmaceuticals came into stark focus during the early days ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2021
New Pfizer COVID vaccine doses hit Australia as Anthony Albanese lines up for jab
23 February 2021 - An additional 166,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine have arrived in Australia, as Labor leader Anthony Albanese ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2021
von der Leyen admits to COVID-19 vaccine failures
20 February 2021 - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's comments come after much scrutiny of the EU vaccination ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2021
A sixth of Australia’s vaccine supply at risk due to syringe shortage
18 February 2021 - Syringes designed to extract the maximum number of doses from Australia’s shipments of coronavirus vaccines will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2021
Johnson & Johnson has only a few million COVID-19 vaccine doses in stock as likely launch nears
18 February 2021 - Johnson & Johnson has only a few million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2021
Initial towns, suburbs and hubs for COVID-19 vaccine
18 February 2021 - Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program will commence from next week. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech to supply the European Union with 200 million additional doses of Cominarty
17 February 2021 - New agreement brings total supply to the European Union to 500 million doses, with delivery expected by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Feb 2021
Medicines Australia’s statement on the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine
16 February 2021 - Medicines Australia welcomes the arrival of the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to Australia. ...