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World News Wrapup: 1 July 2020
Legal action to be launched after pharmacist dies from COVID-19; UK pharmacists warned on price gouging, Trump buys up medicine supplies; Indian pharmacist commits suicide London, UK: The son of …
Emergency use of drugs authorised for COVID-19
US to allow hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine from national stockpile to be distributed and used for certain hospitalised patients infected with COVID-19 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United …
World News Wrapup: 9 January 2020
Pharmacy opens despite petrol bombing; US state files new charges against J&J; and legal sales of cannabis edibles about to begin in Canada Halifax, UK: A pharmacy has opened as …
J&J ordered to pay $846 million for role in opioid crisis
The pharmaceutical company says it will appeal the judgement A judge has fined drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen US$572 million (AUD$846 million) after finding the …
First death related to vaping reported in the US
Experts are divided as to the cause of the death and other reported serious lung illnesses linked to vaping A man from Illinois, US who used a vaping device has …
World News Wrapup: 11 July 2019
Trump drug price reveal bill defeated; Boots launches new system to show patients and GPs their medicine stock, and how pharmacy vets save lives Washington DC, US: A federal judge …
Kids, teens at risk from opioid epidemic
The number of deaths among young people from prescription and illicit opioid poisoning has nearly tripled in the past two decades, according to a US study A cross sectional US …
Television, the drug of the nation
What are the 10 most heavily advertised pharmaceuticals on US television? New data published on US industry website Fierce Pharma shows the increasing level of spending by pharmaceutical manufacturers on …
Fancy a $174,000-a-year salary?
Pharmacists and pharmacy managers make the top three highest-paying jobs for Americans, according to a new analysis of salary data Doctors, pharmacy managers and pharmacists are the best paid professionals …
Flu hits hard in US
Fifty-three children have died due to influenza so far, with pharmacies scrambling to keep up with demand for flu meds A total of 14,676 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalisations have been reported …
I’ll have 10 of those….
What are the 10 most advertised prescription drugs in the US? We often hear calls in Australia for a loosening of restrictions on drug advertising regulations, or of the harms …
Pharmacy chains: the big five
What are the big five US pharmacy chains and how much are they worth? The US pharmacy market is heavily dominated by massive retail ‘chains’ with huge reach and product …