News
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♥ your obligations
Friday | Jan 11 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has chosen Valentines Day (14 Feb) to present an SME Assist free workshop at Flinders University aimed at beginners who are unfamiliar with therapeutic goods regulation.
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Medicare resources
Friday | Jan 11 2019THE Department of Human Services is reminding pharmacists of its range of resources specifically designed to support health professionals, with topics covering compliance issues, DVA, Health Professional Online Services (HPOS), incentive programs, PBS education, and much more.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | Jan 11 2019
11 Jan 19AUTHORITIES in the UK town of Bristol have announced a ban on toasted cheese sandwiches.
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Choosing Wisely Award
Thursday | Jan 10 2019NPS MedicineWise's Choosing Wisely Australia initiative was late last year recognised for "sustainable health intervention that is being implemented", at the inaugural 2018 Bond University Sustainable Healthcare Awards.
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Prescribing pharmacist plan
Thursday | Jan 10 2019THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has confirmed it will shortly launch a consultation seeking the views of pharmacists and other stakeholders regarding the potential role of pharmacists in prescribing.
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Vic euthanasia dispensing
Thursday | Jan 10 2019THE pharmacy service at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne will be the only point of access for dispensing lethal "voluntary assisted dying" medications in Victoria, with authorities confirming the scheme is expected to be implemented by June 2019.
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Medlab nanotech statin breakthrough
Thursday | Jan 10 2019MEDLAB Clinical says preliminary results of its NanoStat (Nanocelle Atorvastatin) bioquivalence trial have shown significant improvement in drug delivery when compared to oral 20mg tablets of atorvastatin.
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DNA mapping call
Thursday | Jan 10 2019UNIVERSITY of South Australia senior lecturer in pharmacy Dr Vijay Suppiah has called for Australian pharmacists to embrace pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing to deliver medication more effectively and slash around $2.4 billion wasted each year through unsafe and ineffective drug prescriptions.
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More home-care $s
Thursday | Jan 10 2019DEMENTIA Australia has said it welcomed the rollout of an additional 10,000 new high-level home care packages, which commences this week and will support more senior Australians, including those with dementia, to remain living independently in their own homes.
