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No chemo resolution, no agreement

12/03/2010 | The Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement will not be signed until a dispute over cuts to chemotherapy drugs is solved, Guild president Kos Sclavos has said.


New CEO for Medicines Australia

11/01/2010 | Dr Brendan Shaw has been appointed as the new chief executive of Medicines Australia, its board announced today.


More transparency with drug regulation

18/12/2009 | The first Australian Public Assessment Reports (AusPAR) have been published on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) website, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler has announced.


Less OTC regulation mooted

13/11/2009 | Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has emphasised the responsibility of the over-the-counter medicines industry in making sure that patients were well informed amid calls for greater deregulation of non-prescription drugs.


New PBS savings measures

03/11/2009 | The Government has announced measures to cut its investment in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and save an estimated $48.2 million over four years.


MA chair backs strength of PBS

28/10/2009 | The PBS was a model of effectiveness, efficiency, stability and sound management, Medicines Australia chairman Will Delaat told the National Press Club today.


Opposition blocks new health agency

27/10/2009 | The Federal Government has accused the Opposition of "playing political games with the health of Australians" with its attempt to block the creation of the planned National Preventive Health Agency. 1 comment


Plunkett questions cough drug rescheduling

27/10/2009 | Plans by the TGA to place severe restrictions on the use of cold and cough medicines by children is unwarranted and would make the job of the pharmacist more difficult, according to Pharmaceutical Society of Australia national president Warwick Plunkett.


Push to make Project STOP a must across Australia

26/10/2009 | The real time monitoring of pseudoephedrine sales should become compulsory in all pharmacies across Australia, a law enforcement conference in Sydney has resolved.


TGA wants cold drugs upscheduled for children

26/10/2009 | Australia's drug regulator has proposed dramatic restrictions in the use of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines in children.


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