Headlines
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Top End’s Top Pharmacy Assistant
Friday | Aug 11 2017SALLY Edwards from United Chemists in Tennant Creek (pictured) has been chosen to represent the Northern Territory at the National Finals of the 2017 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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Ramsay supply questions
Thursday | Aug 10 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has alleged that Ramsay Health may be using hospital medicines purchasing contracts to supply community pharmacies in the Ramsay Pharmacy Group.
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Pharmacy codeine fail – AMA
Thursday | Aug 10 2017"PHARMACIST control of codeine does not work," according to a formal statement from the Australian Medical Association, which has urged all stakeholders to cooperatively implement the TGA decision to reschedule codeine products to prescription only (S4).
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Victoria monitoring laws
Wednesday | Aug 9 2017THE Victorian government will implement the state's own real-time prescription monitoring system in 2018 rather than the planned national Electronic Reporting and Recording of Controlled Drugs (ERRCD) system, with legislation for the project introduced into Victoria's parliament yesterday.
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CMs dominate submissions
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017IF IT were purely down to word count on objections to the Professor Stephen King review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, complementary medicines (CMs) issues, including homeopathy, appear to dominate.
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Cut medicine harm – WHO
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017THE World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a challenge to governments across the globe, urging them to reduce the burden of medication-related harm by 50% within the next five years.
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CW slams location rules
Monday | Aug 7 2017CHEMIST Warehouse has blasted the Pharmacy Location Rules in Australia as "antiquated, anti-competitive and nonsensical".
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CW supports beach netball
Friday | Aug 4 2017BEACH Netball has announced a partnership with Australian Pharmacy retail group Chemist Warehouse in a major acquisition for Australia's fastest growing social netball festivals.
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AURA17 resistance action
Friday | Aug 4 2017A COMPREHENSIVE new report commissioned by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has identified specific strategic opportunities to combat antimicrobial resistance apparent from new data.
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TWC consumer campaign
Friday | Aug 4 2017TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC) is ramping up its growth development with the roll-out of its first nationwide consumer campaign under the new store branding.