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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.
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Terry White Chemmart POTY finalist
Thursday | Dec 22 2016TODAY'S featured Pharmacy of the Year finalist Andrew Farmer, owner of Terry White Chemmart in Hawthorn, Vic.
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Pharmacy GST scam alert
Thursday | Dec 22 2016COMMUNITY pharmacies are being warned to urgently check bank account details lodged with the Australian Taxation Office, to guard against a "sophisticated scamming operation" which has been highlighted by Mark Nicholson from Pitcher Partners.
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Waikerie Pharmacy finalist
Wednesday | Dec 21 2016A SMALL South Australian rural town pharmacy, Waikerie Pharmacy, has focused on implementing a wide range of high-quality professional services and has refurbished the store to accommodate the delivery of these services earning it a finalist position in the Guild Pharmacy of the Year.
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Decision ‘misses mark’ – PSA
Wednesday | Dec 21 2016THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has renewed its call for the urgent implementation of a national real-time recording and reporting system for prescribing and dispensing of specific high-risk medicines, following the TGA decision to up-schedule products containing codeine (PD yesterday).