News
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MedAdvisor US expansion
Thursday | Jun 21 2018AUSTRALIAN-LISTED digital medication management software company MedAdvisor has announced it has signed a deal to integrate its platform with US pharmacy dispensing software company PDX Inc (PD Breaking News yesterday).
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Guild PATY bumper crop
Thursday | Jun 21 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY) has continued its record-breaking domination this year receiving the highest number of nominations and responses to nominations in the Award's history.
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Flu vaccine in pregnancy
Thursday | Jun 21 2018THERE are three main benefits to being vaccinated against the flu during pregnancy, according to NHMRC Research Fellow Jane Frawley and Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Distinguished Professor of Public Health Elizabeth Sullivan, both at the University of Technology Sydney, writing online in The Conversation:.
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Fake ED drugs alert
Thursday | Jun 21 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a Safety Advisory relating to three fake products claimed to treat erectile dysfunction (ED).
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ACCC pings GAIA
Thursday | Jun 21 2018DREAMZ Pty Ltd, trading as GAIA Skin Naturals (GAIA), has paid $37,800 in penalties for alleged "false or misleading representations" after the ACCC issued three infringement notices.
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Evidence-based interventions – FIP
Thursday | Jun 21 2018A NEW International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) report lists pharmacy interventions with evidence of improving medication adherence for the elderly.
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Dispensary Corner 21 Jun 18
Thursday | Jun 21 2018AN INDIAN forest ranger found himself in a tight situation with a powerful rock python recently, when attempting to capture it.
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Veterans HMR uptake rises
Wednesday | Jun 20 2018THE rate of Home Medicine Review (HMR) uptake among Australian veterans over the last decade has grown sustainably due to regular repetition of quality improvement messages, according to new research published in the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) journal, the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research.
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Permissible ingredients
Wednesday | Jun 20 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has made a total of 88 changes in the updated Permissible Ingredients Determination labelled No.
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PSS support call
Wednesday | Jun 20 2018PHARMACISTS' Support Service (PSS) president John Coppock is calling out to the pharmacy community to support the work of PSS with a tax deductible donation before 30 Jun 2018.
