Baxter Healthcare pharmaceuticals expands in WA

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Construction works are complete on a new world-class pharmaceutical compounding centre in Perth which will manufacture lifesaving medicines and help to diversify Western Australia’s economy. The facility will be one of the most technologically advanced compounding centres in Australia and has been supported by the state government’s Investment Attraction Fund. The new Baxter Healthcare facility…

The pandemic taught us nothing about critical medical supplies

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By Peter Roberts Apparently we learned nothing from the pandemic shortages of critical medical supplies such as surgical gloves and hospital masks. For all the talk about building sovereign local manufacturing sources of medical necessities, Australia is faced with a similar situation of shortage only a few years later, but this time over IV fluids.…