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Flu vax compulsory
Tuesday | Apr 24 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has announced that the provision of influenza vaccinations for all staff in residential aged care homes will be compulsory, as a means of "maximising protection" for senior Australians ahead of the 2018 influenza season.
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Jazzy reward for Ramsay customer
Tuesday | Apr 24 2018RAMSAY Pharmacy has rolled out a new "Better Rewards" loyalty scheme, which this month saw a lucky client on the NSW South Coast win a new Honda Jazz.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Apr 24 2018
24 Apr 18AUTHORITIES in Florida, USA have come under fire this week after attempting to use the fingerprint of a dead man to unlock his phone.
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PDL vaccination warnings
Monday | Apr 23 2018PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited has highlighted the importance of pharmacists administering the correct influenza vaccine based on their patients' age, with Afluria Quad, dispensed to children, the most frequently recurring vaccine involved in PDL incident reports last year.
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Pharmacy vaccinations profiled
Monday | Apr 23 2018VICTORIAN Senator Bridget McKenzie (pictured), the Deputy Leader of the Nationals and Minister for Rural Health, has profiled the need for flu immunisation by getting her flu vaccination administered by a local community pharmacist.
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Come roast James
Monday | Apr 23 2018BRISBANE pharmacist James Delahunty is set to be the subject of ridicule and mocking on 29 Apr - but it's all in a good cause.
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$5m for GBMA
Monday | Apr 23 2018THE government has awarded a Biosimilar Educational Grant to GBMA Education Ltd, the educational arm of the Generics & Biosimilar Medicines Association.
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TGA code seminars
Monday | Apr 23 2018THE Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) will host Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code Seminars in Melbourne on 30 May and Sydney on 06 Jun, covering the evolving advertising framework, approvals & complaints mechanisms - asmi.com.au.
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Nicotine gum, lozenges onto PBS
Monday | Apr 23 2018THE Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has recommended the PBS listing of nicotine gum and lozenges, as monotherapies as a "restricted benefit for treating nicotine dependence in cigarette smokers who wish to quit and enter into a behavioural support program".
