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DCO opens first ACT store
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025DIRECT Chemist Outlet recently opened its first store in the ACT, marking the 135th shopfront for the brand that launched in 2006 in Werribee, Victoria.
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Look beyond pain management
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025INCIDENCE of conditions such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and cancer is higher in people with back pain than in those without, according to new research from Australia and Brazil, with authors urging health professionals to look beyond pain management when caring for these patients.
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eNRMC conformance crunch
Friday | Oct 3 2025PHARMACISTS have raised concerns about the rapidly approaching end of the transitional arrangement for the use of Electronic National Residential Medication Charts (eNRMC), with systems that are non-conformant no longer able to be used for prescriptions after 21 Oct - an extension of the original cut-off date of 01 Oct.
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CWH extends NRL partnership
Friday | Oct 3 2025CHEMIST Warehouse has extended its long-standing partnership with the National Rugby League (NRL), with the partnership set to continue until the end of the 2029 season.
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WA kids to get intranasal flu vax
Thursday | Oct 2 2025THE Western Australian Government has announced it will provide the FluMist intranasal influenza vaccine for children aged two to 12 years next year ahead of the 2026 flu season, a move welcomed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).
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Fallout from Choice sunscreen testing continues
Thursday | Oct 2 2025THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed that 20 sunscreens sold in Australia are using the same base formula as Ultra Violette's Lean Screen, which rated SPF 4 in the Choice sunscreen tests earlier this year (PD 12 Jun), and expressed concerns with the UK testing lab used to provide initial SPF ratings.
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“Vaccine champ” recognised
Thursday | Oct 2 2025KERRY Savas (pictured), Principal Pharmacist at National Pharmacies Glenelg, has received the 2025 World Pharmacist Day Excellence Award for his "outstanding frontline work" in the vaccination space.
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Pharmacists, doctors join forces on med cannabis
Wednesday | Oct 1 2025THE NSW branches of the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP), the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) have called on the NSW Government to act on rogue operators prescribing and dispensing medicinal cannabis.
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Guild, APC welcome RN prescribers, but “more work to do”
Wednesday | Oct 1 2025PRESCRIBING rights have been extended to registered nurses (RNs), with those who are suitably qualified being able to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, supply and/or use scheduled medicines in partnership with authorised health practitioners.
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WA EACPP training begins
Wednesday | Oct 1 2025THE first cohort for the Western Australian Enhanced Access Community Pharmacy Pilot (EACPP) has officially begun training, marking a key step in expanding community-based health care across WA.
