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PBS arrangements for tocilizumab shortage
13 August 2021 - The sponsor of tocilizumab (Actemra) Roche has notified the TGA of shortages of multiple presentations of tocilizumab ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2021
Drug shortages putting patients at risk
12 August 2021 - Pharmacists are reporting critical shortages in heart and stroke medications, mental health drugs and HRT therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2021
Greater Sydney residents 'vaccine shopping' 70 km from postcode
23 July 2021 - Residents from Greater Sydney are travelling up to 70 kilometres from their homes to receive a COVID ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2021
‘Pharmacies are ready to go’: Chemists in hotspots fast tracked to deliver jabs
16 July 2021 - About 70 pharmacies in Sydney’s COVID-19 hotspots have been fast-tracked to administer AstraZeneca jabs from next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2021
Wesfarmers lobs $687 million takeover of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries
12 July 2021 - Wesfarmers has lobbed a $687 million takeover of Priceline owner API. But don’t expect pharmacies to pop ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2021
COVID vaccine rollout: chemists brought in to fast track jabs
11 July 2021 - With Australia’s biggest city in lockdown, chemists have been brought in to fast track the Covid-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2021
COVID-19: flood of Pfizer doses finally here
8 July 2021 - Australia has clinched a potentially game-changing deal to triple its access to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2021
Australia’s Pfizer doses are coming from Europe as US limits supply
8 July 2021 - Australia is relying on a boost in supplies from the European Union as soon as next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2021
Pharmacies enter COVID-19 vaccine frontline
29 June 2021 - Health officials have approved a nationwide COVID-19 pharmacy vaccination program following outbreaks that have plunged four ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2021
Pharmacy Guild asks for right to give jab
6 June 2021 - Pharmacists say the COVID-19 immunisation program could be accelerated by three months if they could administer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2021
Calls to fast track Pfizer for Victoria amid ‘phenomenal demand’ for vaccine
3 June 2021 - The Australian Medical Association is pushing for COVID-19 vaccines to be fast-tracked into general practices amid ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
More GPs to join the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
27 May 2021 - The role of general practices in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is set to expand, with up to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2021
130,000 additional vaccines for Victoria
26 May 2021 - The Australian Government is releasing an additional 130,000 vaccines to support Victoria to accelerate vaccinations in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2021
TGA decision will ‘open up’ general practice to Pfizer
25 May 2021 - Australia’s medical regulator has said the Comirnaty coronavirus vaccine can now be stored in standard fridges for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2021
COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Aussies could get COVID-19 jabs by Christmas
23 May 2021 - The federal government has made a major change to the Pfizer rollout, and it could see Australians ...