Headlines
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Priceline raise $600k for Sisterhood
Friday | Feb 19 2021PRICELINE Pharmacies have raised more than $600,000 for the Priceline Sisterhood Foundation during a recent two-month-long campaign.
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COVID-19-related stress sickening
Friday | Feb 19 2021BRITISH pharmacists are reporting that they are being stretched to breaking point as they endeavour to meet the needs of their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chemist and Druggist reports.
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Words matter in COVID-19 vax push
Thursday | Feb 18 2021POLITICAL and health leaders need to choose their words wisely when it comes to COVID-19 and vaccines, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch Vice President, Anthony Tassone, warns.
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Medlab, Arrotex to fast track S3 CBD
Thursday | Feb 18 2021BIOTECH firm, Medlab, has signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HoA) with generic medicines group Arrotex Australia, to develop and distribute a Pharmacist-Only medicinal cannabis product.
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COVAX target needs 200k doses a day
Wednesday | Feb 17 2021PHARMACISTS, GPs and other immunisers will have to administer 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines every day, if the Federal Government's target of vaccinating all adult Australians by Oct is to be met, experts believe.
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TWC network expansion fuels growth
Wednesday | Feb 17 2021TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC)is continuing its expansion, adding a record 22 new pharmacies to its network over the six months to 31 Dec 2020, parent company, EBOS announced today.
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Sertraline shortages to continue: TGA
Wednesday | Feb 17 2021SHORTAGES of multiple brands of sertraline 50mg and 100mg tablets are set to continue "until at least late Feb and potentially until Apr", the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) warns.
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Guild election deadline
Tuesday | Feb 16 2021PHARMACY Guild of Australia members have until 5pm (AEDT) tomorrow, to cast their ballots for representatives standing in their State or Territory branch.
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Rural pharmacy viability threatened
Tuesday | Feb 16 2021REDUCTIONS in funding through the Rural Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) reported by a number of pharmacy owners operating in remote areas this year, could result in services being cut, one pharmacist warns.
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Pharmacist foils nurse’s script fraud
Tuesday | Feb 16 2021A NSW-BASED nurse has been disqualified from practising for 18 months after complaints relating to the misappropriation of two prescription pads and prescription fraud were proven.
