News
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$50m TWG EBOS takeover
Friday | Oct 19 2018TERRY White Group (TWG) has recommended that its shareholders accept a $50 million proposal from EBOS to take 100% control of the company (PD breaking news).
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API’s Priceline evolution
Friday | Oct 19 2018AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries (API) has unveiled plans for the ongoing development of its Priceline Pharmacy network, including a trial of "click and collect" shopping in 2019 and a major upgrade of its Sister Club loyalty platform.
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Sigma opens doors
Friday | Oct 19 2018JEFF Sells, Sigma Healthcare Retail Pharmacy Executive General Manager, has followed up CEO Mark Hooper's letter to pharmacists in Pharmacy Daily (PD 03 Oct) with a broad invitation to discuss the wide range of options on offer to support community pharmacy businesses.
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Gaba drugs control
Friday | Oct 19 2018THE UK has reclassified neuropathic drugs pregabalin and gabapentin as class C controlled substances, with the move to take effect from Apr 2019.
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More pharmacies probed over Gardasil
Friday | Oct 19 2018NSW Health's Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit is understood to be investigating further pharmacies about irregular orders of the Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine.
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Mundi swallows Gloup
Friday | Oct 19 2018MUNDIPHARMA has acquired the exclusive Australian and New Zealand distribution rights to the medication lubricant Gloup, from Evomed.
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AFT, RB court battle
Friday | Oct 19 2018ADVERTISING claims by AFT Pharmaceuticals about its Maxigesic paracetamol/ibuprofen combination medication have been found to be "false and misleading" in a Federal Court action brought by Reckitt Benckiser (RB), maker of rival product Nuromol.
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SHPA ticks Qld report
Friday | Oct 19 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia says this week's inquiry report into the Qld pharmacy sector (PD Tue) represents a "timely acknowledgement of pharmacists' valuable medicines expertise" particularly highlighting comments on pharmacist prescribing.
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Drug prices mandate
Friday | Oct 19 2018THE US government is set to implement plans to mandate the revelation of pricing for 30 days' supply of any drug product advertised on television.
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Dispensary Corner 19 Oct 18
Friday | Oct 19 2018IT'S a noble bike rack - Professor Emeritus George Smith at the University of Missouri who won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been allocated a unique accolade.
