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    Tag: Pharmaceutical

    Generic drugs in hospitals not fit for purpose, Chinese doctors warn

    February 17, 2025

    “I’ve seen antibiotics that cause allergies, blood pressures that won’t go down, anaesthetised patients who won’t sleep.” This is Dr Minhua Zheng talking about his…

    WHO database ‘shows safety signal’ for semaglutide and suicidal ideation: study

    August 21, 2024

    Researchers have called for an urgent assessment of a possible link between semaglutide and suicidality based on a study of a WHO adverse event database.…

    Dr Barbara Mintzes (PhD)

    Are pharma-funded awareness campaigns a blind spot in prescription advertising rules?

    August 10, 2023

    For almost a decade, US men were faced with TV, online ads and billboards about the risks of low testosterone or ‘low T’, as it was…

    Alzheimer’s treatment slows cognitive decline by a third, drug maker reports

    May 5, 2023

    Another experimental monoclonal antibody has shown promise in treating early Alzheimer’s disease, with Eli Lilly announcing its candidate can slow cognitive decline by a third…

    Empagliflozin gets PBAC nod for HFpEF

    February 28, 2023

    The PBAC has recommended expanding the PBS listing for empagliflozin to include patients with chronic heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction above 40%.…

    Experimental RSV vax decreases severe infection in newborns, says Pfizer

    November 16, 2022

    An experimental maternal bivalent vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus appears to have high efficacy for preventing severe infection in early infancy, the manufacturer has announced.…

    Indonesia bans liquid medicines after dozens of children die

    October 21, 2022

    Indonesia has temporarily banned all liquid medicines following the deaths of about 100 children from acute kidney damage, the country’s health minister says.  At least…

    Man gazing out window

    New agent ‘may slow Alzheimer’s progression’

    September 29, 2022

    An experimental dementia drug that targets beta-amyloid has shown potential for slowing cognitive decline in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, drug-makers say. The agent, lecanemab,…

    Professor Joseph Proietto

    Why there’s still a shortage of ‘cheap’ semaglutide

    August 16, 2022

    Professor Joseph Proietto wants a 'serious discussion' about affordability of drugs for weight loss.

    ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith. Photo: Wikimedia.

    Govt pledges free abortions in Australian ‘first’

    August 5, 2022

    The move comes as abortion pill sponsor bids for nurses to have prescribing rights.

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