News
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Findapharmacy ramp up
Thursday | Jun 14 2018AS PART of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia's Ask Your Pharmacist campaign, the findapharmacy.com.au website has announced in Forefront that the site has been augmented to be not only a location tool, but also a source of quality content on pharmacy services and other resources for consumers.
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Warning on review edits
Thursday | Jun 14 2018SELECTIVELY editing reviews or testimonials has the potential to put companies on the wrong side the law, according to a new guidance for advertisers of regulated health services issued by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
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6CPA payments backlog
Thursday | Jun 14 2018THE Department of Health has announced that the backlog of claims on the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA) Registration and Claiming Portal is being addressed and has summarised their status, identifying the payment timings.
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Alzheimer’s drugs fail
Thursday | Jun 14 2018YET another promising Alzheimer's Disease treatment drug has fallen over as Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca ended two late-stage trials of an experimental drug for the disease after the treatment failed to show any signs of working, Bloomberg reports.
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Managing inventory
Thursday | Jun 14 2018A NEW webinar next Wed 20 Jun designed to support managers, supervisors, team leaders, inventory professionals and those with a responsibility for managing company inventory has been designed by the Business Training Centre.
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Combination pill tick
Thursday | Jun 14 2018FIXED-DOSE combination antihypertensive medications have been shown to improve adherence and clinical outcomes according to a study published in PLOS Medicine involving 13,350 individuals 66 years and older in Ontario, Canada.
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Breastfeeding consult
Thursday | Jun 14 2018THE Federal Department of Health is seeking broad community input on its draft of the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy: 2018 and Beyond.
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Predicting cardiac risk
Thursday | Jun 14 2018AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test which improves prediction of the risk of heart attack in those with severe coronary artery disease.
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Dispensary Corner
Thursday | Jun 14 2018
14 Jun 18THERE'S been a resurrection of sorts in Japan this week, where a woman has told police the body she identified as her missing husband twelve months ago was in fact a similar-looking stranger.
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Govt confirms CSO review
Wednesday | Jun 13 2018THE Health Department has launched a formal consultation on the Community Service Obligation Funding Pool Obligations, seeking feedback from the industry on a range of issues including direct supply of some drugs as well as new payment arrangements for high cost medicines.
