News
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New DDS brand
Wednesday | Nov 22 2017SIGMA offshoot Discount Drug Stores (DDS) has partnered with Cairns pharmacists Frank and Vince Pappalardo to develop a new "big box" pharmacy brand.
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Clinical Pharmacy Award
Wednesday | Nov 22 2017DR KAREN Whitfield, team leader specialist pharmacist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Queensland, was honoured for her contributions to hospital pharmacy at the SHPA conference, receiving the prestigious 2017 SHPA Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award.
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OTC product for MS
Wednesday | Nov 22 2017OVER-THE-COUNTER antihistamine clemastine fumarate was shown to be safe and effective for treating chronic demyelinating injury in multiple sclerosis (MS) even in patients who have had symptoms of myelin degeneration for years, according to full data from the ReBUILD trial published in The Lancet.
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Ibuprofen GI impact
Wednesday | Nov 22 2017GUILD Learning and Development has partnered with Reckitt Benckiser in developing an online QCPP Refresher Training course on 'Reviewing the gastrointestinal tolerability of ibuprofen'.
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SHPA ‘landmark year’
Wednesday | Nov 22 2017ACCOLADES and accomplishment denoted last weekend's Society of Hospital Pharmacists (SHPA) annual conference, Medicines Management 2017, described by the organisation as celebrating a 'landmark year'.
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Banana Boat class action
Wednesday | Nov 22 2017LEGAL firm Bannister Law has confirmed it is investigating a potential class action against Edgewell Personal Care Australia Pty Ltd, the makers of Banana Boat Aerosol sunscreens.
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6CPA RMMR consultation
Wednesday | Nov 22 2017THE Department of Health has appointed consultancy firm Urbis to undertake a review of the Quality Use of Medicines component of the Residential Medication Management Review Program.
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Guild Update 21 Nov 17: NBN rollout guide for pharmacies
Tuesday | Nov 21 2017NBN rollout guide for pharmacies.
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Dispensary Corner 21 Nov 17
Tuesday | Nov 21 2017LADIES shopping for makeup, please leave your kids behind.
