Headlines
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Hunt funds national ERRCD
Monday | Jul 31 2017HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt opened the PSA17 conference in Sydney last Fri just after unveiling a $16 million plan to deliver the national roll-out of real-time prescription monitoring for medicines, to "directly address the needless loss of life from misuse of these drugs" (PD breaking news).
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Pharmacy languishing – PSA
Monday | Jul 31 2017PSA president Shane Jackson has revealed a proposal to undertake a large scale consultation to develop a 10-year Action Plan for pharmacist services in Australia.
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Creso’s Canada expansion
Friday | Jul 28 2017AUSTRALIAN-LISTED medicinal cannabis company Creso Pharma continues to grow its presence overseas, this time taking its first steps into the lucrative Canadian cannabis market.
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eMIMS links to Fred NXT
Friday | Jul 28 2017MIMS Australia and Fred IT Group have announced a collaboration to improve dispensing workflow.
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Review options lacking – PSA
Thursday | Jul 27 2017THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says the interim report of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation "does not provide options that will see long-term, sustainable reform and development of the community pharmacy sector".
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Queensland plots ERRCD
Thursday | Jul 27 2017QUEENSLAND Health Minister Cameron Dick has announced the development of a business case by Queensland Health "to assess the best options for implementing real-time reporting" of dispensing of controlled drugs in the state.
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TGA explains codeine danger
Wednesday | Jul 26 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has expanded the information available at its online 'Codeine Hub' (PD 14 Jul), with additional resources available under the heading 'Codeine use can be harmful'.
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Blooms Health ad banned
Wednesday | Jul 26 2017BLOOMS Health has been pinged for promoting online its Coenzyme Q10 150 Max product (pictured) as an "amazing" panacea across a wide range of medical conditions, by the Therapeutic Goods Administration Complaints Resolution Panel (TGACRP).
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Deakin to audit hospitals
Tuesday | Jul 25 2017RESEARCHERS from Deakin University have announced the first infection survey of Australian hospitals in more than 30 years.
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Guild lays out codeine position
Tuesday | Jul 25 2017EXECUTIVE director of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, David Quilty, has penned an open letter to clarify the Guild's position relating to the up-scheduling of pain relief medicines containing codeine from 01 Feb 2018.