News
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PDL practice alert
Monday | Aug 27 2018PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited has issued a practice update on Look Alike, Sound Alike (LASA) medication errors, and the practice of Tall Man lettering to help distinguish similar-sounding drugs from each other.
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VPA consultation
Monday | Aug 27 2018THE Victorian Pharmacy Authority is inviting stakeholders to provide feedback on a draft version of new guidelines which include changes relating to codeine, immunisation and required documentation.
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Local cannabis sale
Monday | Aug 27 2018WA-BASED Little Green Pharma has announced the availability of what it says is the first Australian-grown and manufactured medicinal cannabis products.
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Intern exam regos
Monday | Aug 27 2018THE Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has today opened registrations for the upcoming Australian Intern Written exam.
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FDA eyes have it
Monday | Aug 27 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug for the treatment of neurotrophic keratitis, a rare disease affecting the cornea.
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Aug 27 2018
27 Aug 18TECHNOLOGY giant IBM has patented a drone which can detect when office workers are tired and automatically deliver them a cup of coffee.
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Value is key – Hourigan
Friday | Aug 24 2018THE health sector in Australia needs to focus on data to ensure everything it does is measurable, with a transition from "volume-based" to "value-based" care inevitable, according to Chris Hourigan, president of Janssen Japan and former Medicines Australia board member.
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NT pushes for pharmacists
Friday | Aug 24 2018PHARMACISTS have been named as one of the "high priority" professional groups who will be encouraged to move to the Northern Territory, under a new population strategy launched this month by the NT government.
