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Subsidy for new treatment of 'national cancer' melanoma

Subsidy for new treatment of 'national cancer' melanoma

A cutting-edge treatment for advanced melanoma will soon be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, with 940 patients expected to benefit.

'World first' ketamine tablet trial to help depression

'World first' ketamine tablet trial to help depression

'World first' ketamine tablet trial to help depression

'World first' ketamine tablet trial to help depression

Adelaide researchers are hoping a world-first trial involving the drug ketamine in tablet form could help tackle treatment-resistant depression.

Over-the-counter cannabis pain relief on the horizon

Over-the-counter cannabis pain relief on the horizon

Over-the-counter cannabis pain relief on the horizon

Over-the-counter cannabis pain relief on the horizon

Australians may be able to buy cannabis pain relief without a prescription in about 12 months with final clinical trials underway for a dissolvable tablet.

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Rewards of going rural, as doctors push for recognition

Rewards of going rural, as doctors push for recognition

Young doctors are more likely to choose to live and work in country Australia if rural generalist medicine is recognised as a specialty, medical colleges say.

Bleak warning after setback in medication fight

Bleak warning after setback in medication fight

There's a bleak warning to patients and medical workers over fears serious infections are becoming more resistant to antibiotics as prescription rates jump.

Pact puts handbrake on 'defining technology of our age'

Pact puts handbrake on 'defining technology of our age'

A pact on artificial intelligence is intended to protect people from harm without stifling breakthroughs in vaccines, computing and defence.

Medicinal cannabis driving trial a step closer in Vic

Medicinal cannabis driving trial a step closer in Vic

The effects of medicinal cannabis on driving will be investigated under a new closed-track trial in Victoria.

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CSL to bandage cost pressures to stem bleeding profits

CSL to bandage cost pressures to stem bleeding profits

CSL to bandage cost pressures to stem bleeding profits

CSL to bandage cost pressures to stem bleeding profits

Biomedical giant CSL has pledged to repair margins as cost pressures and volatile global currencies continue to bruise profits at the vaccine and plasma leader.

Scientists win Nobel for work that led to COVID vaccine

Scientists win Nobel for work that led to COVID vaccine

Scientists win Nobel for work that led to COVID vaccine

Scientists win Nobel for work that led to COVID vaccine

A Hungarian-born researcher and a US scientist have won this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work on mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Coalition senators hit pause on cheaper medicines veto

Coalition senators hit pause on cheaper medicines veto

Coalition senators hit pause on cheaper medicines veto

Coalition senators hit pause on cheaper medicines veto

Labor's move to make medicines cheaper looks safe for now as the opposition awaits the result of talks between the government and pharmacists.

Pharmacists shelve medicines campaign as talks begin

Pharmacists shelve medicines campaign as talks begin

Pharmacists shelve medicines campaign as talks begin

Pharmacists shelve medicines campaign as talks begin

The federal government has entered into talks with the peak body representing pharmacies as its 60-day medicine dispensing policy kicks off.

NSW denies nursing shortfall breached labour deals

NSW denies nursing shortfall breached labour deals

NSW denies nursing shortfall breached labour deals

NSW denies nursing shortfall breached labour deals

The State of NSW is seeking to avoid civil penalties by claiming that an alleged shortfall in nurses at 10 public hospitals did not contravene its agreements.

Trial to examine driving with medicinal cannabis risks

Trial to examine driving with medicinal cannabis risks

Trial to examine driving with medicinal cannabis risks

Trial to examine driving with medicinal cannabis risks

The Victorian government will have an 18-month closed track trial to investigate road safety risks associated with the use of medicinal cannabis.

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Doctors from regional areas have come in support of prescription changes, despite fears rural pharmacies could be impacted by the move.

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Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicines and 60-day dispensing will go ahead as planned but a second push to veto the policy will come up for a vote just days after it starts.

Pharmacists set to swallow bitter pill over dispensing

The opposition is pushing to stop a 60-day medicine policy coming in and ripping money from pharmacies but are unlikely to have the numbers in the Senate.

Pharmacy lobby 'scare campaign' slammed as 'rubbish'

Warnings planned medication dispensing changes will hit aged care residents with extra costs has been declared a targeted attempt to scare the most vulnerable.

Push to end driving fear for medicinal cannabis users

Roadside drug laws are particularly harsh on rural and outer suburban people who cannot use public transport, but proposed laws could change that.

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Sweet science: honey could help develop new antybiotics

Thanks to traditional owners, scientists have found honey produced by Australian ants contains antimicrobial properties that could help develop antibiotics.

More women to access medical abortion under eased rules

Any healthcare practitioner will be able to prescribe medical abortion pills, with health groups hailing the easing of the rules as a win for equity.

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New guidelines to help people take control of their opioid usage recommends creating tailored plans to quit the drug as soon as it is prescribed.

Tara Moss quietly drops negligence case against doctor

Former model Tara Moss has discontinued a civil lawsuit against a NSW doctor over an alleged misdiagnosis she claimed led to permanent injury and chronic pain.

Wife's painkiller addiction leads to doctor's downfall

A doctor has been disqualified after admitting to overprescribing his addicted wife painkillers as well as using those medications himself.

Pharmacy jobs at risk with dispensing change: report

The decision to allow people to purchase two months' worth of medicines from a single prescription could cost up to 20,000 pharmacy jobs, a report has found.

Avita Medical has skin in the game after FDA approval

Avita Medical says an expanded approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its spray-on skin solution has quintupled its market opportunity.

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