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Pfizer sues pharmas over arthritis drug patent
If successful, action could hit pharmacy dispensed biosim Brenzys Multinational pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is suing four other drug companies over allegedly breaching a patent for its rheumatoid arthritis treatment Enbrel …
Poll: Have you had COVID-19?
More than two years into the pandemic, we want to know how many of our pharmacist readers have contracted the virus, and how it may have affected your workplace… Life …
Pharmacist review reduces error rates
A new Australian study has found pharmacists are crucial to reducing medicine errors in this group of high-risk patients A study of medication errors affecting people with Parkinson’s disease at …
Million-dollar vape crackdown
NSW Health is putting retailers “on notice” over illegal e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing liquids NSW Health has given an update on its activities seizing illegal vaping products, saying it has collected …
Blackroot salesman sentenced
Queensland company FuturePro and its director convicted for selling unregistered products A former air-conditioning electrician and company Future Pro have both been convicted of a number of charges around the …
More pharmacy jabs for SA kids
Pharmacists in South Australia will now be able to immunise a wider range of people, the new Health Minister has announced Late last week South Australian Minister for Health and …
Fake practitioner a ‘real risk to patients’
The case of a woman who worked as a nurse, when she was not, should sent a message to all people falsely claiming to be health workers, says Ahpra Ahpra …
Mould growth prompts TGA alert
A Swisse collagen product has been urgently recalled, the TGA says The TGA has announced an urgent nationwide recall of Swisse’s Beauty Collagen Glow Gummies because of the discovery of mould …
The week in review
There was lots of regulatory news this week, as we count down the days until the Federal Election… and find out how pharmacists may vote The Health Professional Councils Authority …
Pharmacist owns up to taking expired, unwanted drugs
A pharmacist’s chronic pain since a “terrible” car crash—which had her facing the prospect of a foot amputation—led her down the path of opioid dependency The car accident, which happened …
Priceline class action ceases—for the moment
Judge allows case to be dismissed after litigation funder withdraws… but if Labor is elected, proceedings could begin again A class action by disgruntled former Priceline franchisees, who alleged the …
‘I got a frantic call from my old boss…’
Workforce woes, vaccination and QUM programs… we round up some interesting comments from over the past week Our story, ‘The most exploited health professionals in Australia’, followed up on a …