News
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Sigma bad pharmacy debt
Monday | Feb 20 2017SIGMA Pharmaceuticals has made provision for a doubtful debt of around $8 million relating to a single pharmacy group (PD breaking news Fri), with the impact affecting the company's full year results to 31 Dec which will be released in a month's time.
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Chemist Warehouse IT deal
Monday | Feb 20 2017CHEMIST Warehouse has signed an agreement with Medscope which will see the company's pharmCare professional services software platform roll out right across the national Chemist Warehouse network.
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PD breaking news – Sigma warns of multi-million dollar pharmacy write-off
Friday | Feb 17 2017Provision for “doubtful debt relating to a single pharmacy group”.
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Events Calendar 17 Feb 17
Friday | Feb 17 20173-5 Mar: Annual Therapeutic Update 2017; Crowne Plaza Terrigal; register here: www.psa.org.au 8 Mar: AACP Accredited.
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Mussel for ADHD
Friday | Feb 17 2017FATTY acids extracted from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel (perna canaliculus) may significantly reduce hyperactivity, learning problems and inattention in children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to new work out of Swinburne University of Technology.
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‘Save our Sons’ walk
Friday | Feb 17 2017IN A fund-raising and awareness-raising campaign called Walk to Save Our Sons, the father of a 12-year-old boy afflicted with Duchenne muscular dystrophy will walk 300 km over an 11-day period.
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Blackmores launches fridge-free probiotics
Friday | Feb 17 2017BLACKMORES has announced the debut of a new range of six probiotics which do not require refrigeration and are "formulated based on scientific evidence".
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SAS consultation
Friday | Feb 17 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has launched a new consultation about proposed changes to accessing unapproved therapeutic goods via the Authorised Prescriber (AP) and Special Access Schemes (SAS).
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PBS pause in March
Friday | Feb 17 2017THE Health Department has confirmed its intention to "pause" the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits next month, as part of a major system upgrade.