News
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No need for pharmacist Rx – RACGP
Friday | Oct 18 2019PHARMACIST prescribing is "a solution looking for a problem" according to Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) National President, Dr Harry Nespolon.
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Brits slam AMA Rx fears
Friday | Oct 18 2019CONCERNS about the potential introduction of pharmacist prescribing in Australia have little or no basis, a British pharmacist says.
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CSL: 25 years on the ASX
Friday | Oct 18 2019ICONIC Australian health brand CSL, which started life as Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, is this year celebrating 25 years listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
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Pharmacist osteoporosis role
Friday | Oct 18 2019PHARMACISTS will form one of the pillars of educational support for the 4.7 million Australians aged over 50 living with poor bone health, under a new National Strategic Action Plan launched by Osteoporosis Australia (OA) together with the Federal Minister for Health and Federal Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians yesterday.
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Measles cases
Friday | Oct 18 2019EIGHT cases of measles have recently been detected in Brisbane's southern suburbs, with around 1,000 people thought to have come into contact via a China Airlines flight from Auckland.
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Pharmacy kava
Friday | Oct 18 2019FIJI Kava (ASX: FIJ) has inked a deal with 200 of New Zealand's Green Cross Health and Unichem Pharmacies to distribute its kava capsules and powders across their national network - see asx.com.au.
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Freedom of info
Friday | Oct 18 2019THE Federal Department of Health reminds health professionals and consumers they have rights to access information, and has posted a link to the latest Freedom of Information application form at health.gov.au.
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Dispensary Corner 18 Oct 19
Friday | Oct 18 2019AN ARMED robbery at a Brazilian pharmacy took an unexpected turn when one of the gun-toting bandits refused to take money from an elderly patron of the store.
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Safety net reduction no PBS cure-all
Thursday | Oct 17 2019LEGISLATION to adjust the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) safety net will not be a panacea to the "crisis in medicines' affordability", pharmacist turned Federal MP, Emma McBride, warns.
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AMA misreading Board on prescribing
Thursday | Oct 17 2019CLAIMS that the Pharmacy Board of Australia is backing the Australian Medical Association's (AMA's) stance that pharmacists should not be given the freedom to prescribe are wide of the mark, pharmacists believe.
