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Ongoing global shortages of diabetes medication, Ozempic (semaglutide), due to off-label prescribing has prompted one patient to start a GoFundMe campaign for his funeral.   Diabetes patient, Stephen Callaghan, is …

$38m reward over pharma billionaire murders; Chinese COVID spike hits drug supply; US pharmacists dispense emergency contraceptive pill Toronto, Canada: Five years after the brutal double murder of Canadian pharma …

A leading GP is speaking out in the media against pharmacist prescribing using what the Guild calls a “wildly incorrect” reading of Canadian data Dr Nicole Higgins, national president of …

TGA says the diabetes drug will be unavailable from mid-November until end of March next year – but drug company’s message is not quite so bleak The lingering months-long shortage …

Guild’s Tassone calls for less imports and more local production of key drugs as worldwide stocks dry up Australian mainstream media has suddenly jumped upon the lingering, months-long shortage of …

TGA and Medicines Australia respond to pharmacist survey on medicines shortages, saying changes have been made but there is scope for improvement The TGA and Medicines Australia have noted concerns …

Meanwhile semaglutide medication Wegovy – indicated purely for weight loss – is added to the ARTG The enduring drought of type-2 diabetes medication Ozempic, blamed on its being prescribed off-label …

Pharmacists are spending significant additional hours managing medicines shortages, with some reporting up to 600 shortages in one week, a profession-wide survey has found Medicine shortages remain a “substantial problem” …

Healthcare professionals urged to conserve tenecteplase (Metalyse) in wake of shortage due to surging global demand, to maintain continuity of supply for patients Boehringer Ingelheim Australia has advised the TGA …

Diabetes medication shortfall “worse than ever” The long-running shortage of diabetes drug Ozempic (semaglutide) looks set to continue until at least the end of the year, according to a revised …

Next major import of drug not due until mid-November Just six weeks after the launch of the national Take Home Naloxone program there is already a significant shortage of the …

With over 400 medicines facing shortages, the industry says it’s working to minimise the impact  As medicines shortages continue to increase, Australian peak bodies say they are “deeply concerned” about …