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Issue No 22. 30th Apr 2007
New articles this edition...
Image Climate Change & Threat of Diseases

 

For a typical person living in a typical comfortable world, there is hardly any parallel between climate change and health effects.


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Image 101st PSS Council Formed

Following the PSS AGM on 23-Mar-2007, a new PSS Council was elected and the various office bearers were decided during the recent Council Meeting.


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Image Ms Fatimah MK Promoted to Senior Pharmacy Manager

We’d like to congratulate our Vice President, Ms Fatimah MK, on occasion of her promotion to Senior Pharmacy Manager.

 


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Image CASE Public Forum – Know Your Medicine, Understand Your Option

In the recent Public Forum organized by CASE, Vice President of PSS, Ms Fatimah MK shared with the participants a candid talk with real examples how drug pricing and choices can affect the bill size of patients’ visit to clinics.


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Image PSS Mourns the Passing of Mr. Koh Bok Seng – Our Past President

It is with sad note that we bid goodbye to our veteran member, Mr. Koh Bok Seng, who served as President of PSS from 1969 to 1974.


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Image Abuse of Prescription Drugs to Pass Illicit Drugs

According to UN-affiliated body, International Narcotics Control Board (http://www.incb.org/incb/index.html), abuse of prescription drugs is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide.


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Image Drug Safety Update from US FDA - Avastin (bevacizumab)

Genentech and FDA notified healthcare professionals of important new safety information regarding tracheoesophageal (TE) fistula formation in a recent clinical study in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC).


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Image Brief News in Healthcare
  • FDA Panel Gives Vioxx Successor Thumbs Down
  • CDC Says Gonorrhea Is Drug-Resistant
  • People with FTO Gene Tend to Weigh More

 


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Image PSNZ Launched National Framework For Pharmacist Services

 

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) has supported the National Community Pharmacy Advisory Group project team of the District Health Boards of NZ (DHBNZ) to prepare a National Framework for Pharmacist Services.


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Image Jobs & Events Advertisements

The following jobis & events are currently available. To apply or to know the details, please click on the respective link below. Thanks!


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