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Council defends Peppa spray
Friday | Jan 6 2017CANCER Council Australia has come out strongly defending its Peppa Pig-branded sunscreen as a widely used long-standing product which has sold more than 250,000 bottles with very few complaints registered, most of which related to the pump spray, not the product itself.
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Dispensing war of words
Friday | Jan 6 2017PHARMACY Guild National President George Tambassis has today responded to an article in the Australian Financial Review, defending the Guild's ongoing push to recoup $82 million in pharmacy remuneration which has been unpaid due to lower than expected prescription volumes (PD 01 Dec).
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WA non-compliance alert
Thursday | Jan 5 2017THE Pharmacy Registration Board of Western Australia has issued a formal statement noting that proprietors of registered pharmacy premises are signing declarations of compliance with the Pharmacy Act, Pharmacy Regulations and the Board's Guidelines "without satisfying themselves as to the compliance of all items".
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CHF safety net changes
Thursday | Jan 5 2017THE Consumers Health Forum has urged the government to reform the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme safety net, so consumers with high usage of PBS medicines can smooth out their annual co-payments.
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APP2018 to be held in May
Wednesday | Jan 4 2017THE timing of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will see the Pharmacy Guild's Australian Pharmacy Professional (APP) conference rescheduled to May next year, because the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre will be used as the Media Centre for the Games which take place 04-18 Apr 2018.
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‘Health Hub’ a finalist
Tuesday | Jan 3 2017SHIFTING customers' mindset from treating their local 24 hour pharmacy purely as a 'convenience store' to recognition as an 'health hub' was the task facing Beaufort St 24hr Chemist in Perth.
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Wholesaler prosecuted
Tuesday | Jan 3 2017THE NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has made a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct against Mr Mina Attia, a registered pharmacist and wholesaler of pharmaceutical goods.
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Alphapharm signs 1st Group
Friday | Dec 23 2016PRICELINE is set to roll out a new online booking system for in-pharmacy professional services as well as beauty and make-up appointments, under a new agreement between Mylan subsidiary Alphapharm and listed online health portal group 1st Available.
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Review probity defended
Friday | Dec 23 2016THE Health Department has staunchly defended the procedures undertaken by the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation (PD breaking news), in answer to a claim of conflicts of interest by the Pharmacy Guild.
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Pharmacist struck off
Thursday | Dec 22 2016KUANG King Tan, a provisional pharmacist since 2013, has had his registration cancelled by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and is disqualified from re-applying for registration for a period of four years.