[18 August 2015] Oncology Supportive Care

  Title:  [18 August 2015] Oncology Supportive Care When:  18 Aug 2015 - 18:00 Where:  NCCS Auditorium Category:  CPE                       More Informaiton: http://www.pss.org.sg/whats-happening/event-listing/18-august-2015-oncology-supportive-care#.VdLrEvmqqkq…

You could be taking fake medicine and not know it

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2015The Star/Asia News Network The Health Ministry's Pharmacy Enforcement Division (PED) conducts interactive exhibitions and public lectures, and works closely with the Education Ministry to disseminate information to students…

Medical data on 44 million Koreans sold abroad

Another massive personal information leakage in Korea has come to light, this time not by hackers but in a for-profit business deal.A joint governmental investigation team announced on Thursday that it is prosecuting the president of the Korean…

Pretty Pills Preferred: Medicine Color Influences Drug Compliance

  SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Research says that if medicine is made in the color a patient likes, the patient’s ‘drug compliance’ could go up. Drug compliance is the degree to which a patient follows the…

TPP: Key admits medicine costs will rise

Prime Minister John Key has conceded New Zealand will have to pay more for some medicines under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) but he says patients will not be disadvantaged. Mr Key said despite the probability that some medicines would…

Medicine disposal ‘a national disaster’

All over New Zealand, people are disposing of surplus pills in ways they shouldn't - and the impact on the environment may be far greater than we realise. Official advice may be to drop surplus medicines back to the local pharmacy, but instead,…

US to retreat on innovative biologic medicines in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/us-to-retreat-on-innovative-biologic-medicines-in-transpacific-partnership-trade-pact-20150727-gil5h2.html#ixzz3j9PJer99 Fol

Millions of patients with intractable diseases look set to escape punishing price hikes on innovative medicines, as the United States backs down on a key trade demand. The US retreat on new biotech medicines won't settle a raging debate…

25th Singapore Pharmacy Congress, Pioneering Care For Tomorrow.

Dear colleagues and friends, On behalf of the Organising Committee, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to the 25th Singapore Pharmacy Congress, which will be held at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel on 12-13 September 2015. The Congress…

Death toll from water park inferno may rise: doctor

Death toll from water park inferno may rise: doctor picture from: http://cdn2.independent.ie/incoming/article31335326.ece/4ff8d/ALTERNATES/w620/taiwan007.jpg   TAIPEI--The death toll from the June 27 colored powder blast at a New…

Doctors urge NHI to include Chinese medicine treatments

Doctors urge NHI to include Chinese medicine treatments   picture from: http://www.sacredhealingtree.com/wp-content/uploads/chinese_herbs.jpg   TAIPEI, Taiwan -- For patients seeking Chinese medicine treatment on a more regular…