Calls grow for national response to Australia’s worsening medicine shortages

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The proposal, led by Advanced Pharmacy Australia, argues that medicine shortages are no longer isolated incidents but a persistent structural challenge for the health system. …

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Calls grow for national response to Australia’s worsening medicine shortages

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