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Queensland trio in running for PotY
Thursday | Dec 1 2022QUEENSLAND pharmacies make up half the finalists for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia's 2023 Pharmacy of the Year (PotY) title.
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Concerns over generics
Thursday | Dec 1 2022TAINTED batches of generic lamotrigine tablets, used for treating bipolar disorder and epilepsy, are being dispensed in Australia, research from the University of NSW (UNSW) reveals.
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Boundaries needed for pharmacist Rx
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022JURISDICTIONS implementing measures to expand pharmacists' scope of practice will need to clearly define their roles, Tasmanian Senator, Tammy Tyrrell, believes.
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Alkaloids of Australia cartel cops fine
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022FAMILY-OWNED pharmaceutical company, Alkaloids of Australia, has been handed a $1,987,500 fine for it's role in a global price fixing cartel by the Federal Court.
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McBride to open APP’s Rural Forum
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022ASSISTANT Minister for Rural and Regional Health, and pharmacist, Emma McBride, will officially open the Rural Pharmacy Forum at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference (APP) on 23 Mar 2023.
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Qld store takes Star Pharmacy’s PotY
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022STAR Discount Chemist, Banksia Beach, Queensland, has been named the Star Pharmacy Group's 2022 Pharmacy of the Year (PotY).
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Politicians failing health system: GP
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022MOVES to expand pharmacists' scope of practice to include prescribing roles shows a failure by politicians to understand "the health ecosystem", pharmacist-turned-GP, Dr Peter Cheng, believes.
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PSA to discontinue PI insurance plan
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is winding down its professional indemnity (PI) insurance offering less than two years after launching the product (PD 04 Mar 2021).
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Cannabis firm fine for security failures
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022QUEENSLAND-BASED medicinal cannabis licence holder, Tikun Oceania Pty Ltd, has been fined $13,320, over alleged security and record-keeping failures.
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Pharmacists have skills to prescribe
Monday | Nov 28 2022PRESCRIBING should be within pharmacists' scope of practice, Queensland University of Technology Head of School for Clinical Sciences, Professor Lisa Nissen, believes.
