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verview of tapentadol, whichs currently TGA approved forreatment of moderate-to-severehronic pain unresponsive to non-pioid analgesics.T w h bu clicK here .

Valeant to buy B&LvAleAnt Ph c u c h

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Lomb, in a deal worth US$8.7illion in cash.Valeant ceo J. Michael Pearson h w u c y

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PBS “continues to grow”FeDerAl health minister TanyaP b k h c u hc c f h M c Aureport on slowing PBS growth ( PD 21 May), saying that a governmentreport released yesterday “revealsh Ph c u c BSch c u w, w hw u c

f x u h drivers of increased spending”.

Sh h y f h of the new “ Trends in and Driversof PBS Expenditure” report -ironically produced in partnershipwith Medicines Australia under itsMoU with the government - are atodds with last week’s MA study,

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PBS spending rose by $500m a year,reaching $8.9 billion in the 2010-11

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growth in PBS spending is lowerthan forecast, “as taxpayers reaph b f 2010 which is bringing governmentsubsidies for medicines into linewith prices pharmacists pay theirsuppliers,” Plibersek said.

The new report also found stronggrowth in the Highly SpecialisedDrugs program, due to the ageingp pu c c cof chronic disease.

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DDS targets bowel healthbAnner group Discount DrugS c b h pharmacy brand in Australia p p c c h hw c c b wcancer, with the launch next monthf “ j wcampaign”.

According to DDS ProfessionalServices Manager, Casey Clark,b w c c k the group’s pharmacies last yearhelped to diagnose 63 Aussies withbowel cancer or key risk factorssuch as polyps, and in responsethe company had been prompted “ fy h

most at risk early”.“Bowel cancer kills more

Australians than breast or prostatecancer, but it also has one of thebest survival rates if it is caughtearly,” she said.

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k c , c uus to launch this clinic to help andhopefully save the lives of hundredsmore Australians,” she added.

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bowel cancer.Bowel Cancer Australia ceo Julien

Wiggins said anyone aged 50 andover with no symptoms should bescreening for bowel cancer with aFOB y w y .

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