medicine

The best form of inspection is an unannounced one, but the pandemic changed the game for regulators. They’ll need to work together to protect consumers.

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Australia is reliant on imports for the majority of its medicines – in this age of global epidemics regulatory vigilance has never been more important.

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The key ingredient in detecting a counterfeit medicine could be in your kitchen.

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Deprescribing is increasingly used by health professionals to take back control.

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Compiled by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, HANDI is the world’s first compendium of drug-free medical treatment.

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Advertising promoting new drugs is effective but often leads to inappropriate prescribing. To protect the health of their citizens, countries should ban it.

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Increasing use of antidepressants in India stems not only from pharmaceutical company marketing. Social stigma and economics are pushing people to take a pill.

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Up to 250,000 hospital admissions each year in Australia are linked to problems with medications.

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