PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.4 8th Feb.,2012

8th Feb.,2012 Health Minister Tanya Plibersek issued the following statement this week: The Australian General Practice Network (AGPN), a national primary care organisation, will form on 1 July 2012, a new national body for Medicare Locals–…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.3 1st Feb.,2012

1st Feb 2012 GSK has released a statement in regards to price reductions of F2 medicines: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia will reduce the price of F2 medicines impacted by the price disclosure reduction on 1 March 2012, one month earlier than…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.2 25th Jan. 2012

25th Jan.,2012 This year Let’s Beat Bowel Cancer is launching FOBruary, a health promotion campaign aimed at reducing the number of deaths caused by bowel cancer. FOBruary calls on all Australians over the age of 50 to have an annual FOB…

NPS-Asia-Pacific Scholarship Offered for NMS 2012

10 January 2012 NPS is inviting academics, health workers and policy makers from the Asia-Pacific region to apply for a scholarship to attend the National Medicines Symposium to be held in Sydney, Australia in May 2012. Applications for…

NPS-Dangerous Drugs Online: Counterfeits and Undeclared Ingredients

1 February 2012 The risks associated with self-medication have been amplified by the ability to buy prescription, non-prescription and complementary medicines as well as 'recreational' drugs online, according to an article by Dr Ben Davies in…

2012 25th Jan. News Update Quick Look!

Main WHO News Release: 1.India Records One Year Without Polio Cases  2.(Last Call)!!!! 2012WPPF/FIP Travel Grant scholarship application is due on 31st Jan. News Updates: 1.Ten Chinese Medicines Importation Will Be Inspected 2.Department of…

Ten Chinese Medicines Importation Will Be Inspected

Reference:The Pharmacist Weekly No.1753 Original Link:Ten Chinese Medicines Importation Will Be Inspected Translator:Ting-Yi Liu Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Health (DOH), held the convention of the border management…

Department of Health Commend Thirty-Two Internal Pharmaceutical Manufacturers For Updating to PIC/S

Reference: The Pharmacist Weekly No.1752 Original Link: Department of Health Commend Thirty-Two Internal Pharmaceutical Manufacturers For Updating to PIC/S Translator:Ting-Yi Liu In order to ensure the safety of public drug usage, Department…

A Brief Talk About Taking Gastrointestinal Medicine Concepts

Article/ Reporter from Chiayi County Lin Qitai Origin : The Pharmacist Weekly Translator: Yun- Ting Wang (Alice Wang) Link: A Brief Talk About Taking Gastrointestinal Medicine Concepts The drugs acting on gastrointestinal are so called gastrointestinal…

TFDA Kind Reminder For Not Buying Any Weight-Control Drugs Especially Within Chinese Dragon New Year

25th Jan, 2012 Translator: Miranda Liang As the chinese Dragon New Year's coming, it's getting easier to add weight. Part of publics might think about going on diet,but the kind reminder from Department of Health(DOH) for the publics not buy…