News
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MHR opt-out period starts
Monday | Jul 16 2018BY THE end of 2018 a new My Health Record will be created for every Australian, unless they formally choose not to have one during a three month "opt-out" period starting from today.
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Role of assistants should change – Guild
Monday | Jul 16 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has slammed as "totally inadequate" the current status of pharmacy assistants being regarded as 'consumers' according to Therapeutic Goods Administration advertising guidelines.
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Imbruvica onto PBS
Monday | Jul 16 2018THE government has added Imbruvica to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for the treatment of Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL).
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Valsartan medicine recall extends to FDA
Monday | Jul 16 2018AUTHORITIES in the USA have announced the voluntary recall of several medicines containing valsartan, following similar action in Europe last week (PD Wed 11 Jul).
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NZ pharmacist banned
Monday | Jul 16 2018AUCKLAND pharmacist Park Ung Wong (aka Terence Wong) has been deregistered and banned for two years by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal after being found guilty of illegally supplying drugs, one case resulting in a patient death, according to a Fairfax report.
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Advantage flu boost
Monday | Jul 16 2018THE Advantage Pharmacy banner group says overwhelming winter demand for flu vaccines across its store network has proven that pharmacists are "an integral part of the provision of professional and convenient primary health care".
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New cannabis epilepsy medication
Monday | Jul 16 2018ASX-LISTED MGC Pharma has been granted a formal Good Manufacturing Practice certification for its European production and compounding facility, following final tests on the first batch of its CannEpil epilepsy medication.
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$450k raised by Chemist Warehouse
Monday | Jul 16 2018CHEMIST Warehouse has raised $450,000 for men's mental health charity Gotcha4Life this year, with a range of initiatives including selling the group's branded merchandise, accepting donations through each of the more than 400+ stores nationally, and a generous $50,000 donation from Unilever.
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Craig Laundy at Pharmacy Connect
Monday | Jul 16 2018CRAIG Laundy, Federal Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, will address delegates at the upcoming Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney.
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DUSC May report
Monday | Jul 16 2018THE outcomes from the 31 May meeting of the Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee have been released, looking at utilisation of PBS medicines for the treatment of ADHD, melanoma, fungal infections, spasticity/dystonia and age related macular degeneration.
