News
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API laser confirmation
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries has confirmed it is participating in a sale process for Laser Clinics Australia, in response to media speculation about a possible acquisition (PD yesterday).
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STEEP impact
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017A MONASH University study has found five dominant factors influencing pharmacists' capacity to implement patient-focused models of professional practice: Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental or Political (STEEP).
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Strip-a-script
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017AN ELDERLY pharmacist practising in New York faces criminal charges after police allege that he forced a woman to remove her clothes in front of him before he would fill her prescription, according to a report from the Niagara Gazette.
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FDA likes hep C Rx
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir) to treat adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1-6 without cirrhosis (liver disease) or with mild cirrhosis, as well as other patients under certain conditions.
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NT AMA warns of codeine pressure
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017THE president of the Australian Medical Association in the Northern Territory, Rob Parker, has raised concerns about additional pressure on GP resources due to the planned rescheduling of codeine medications on 01 Feb.
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Chemists’ Own expands products
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017ARROW Pharmaceuticals brand Chemists' Own has launched five new products into the market, as part of an ongoing range expansion which will see it debut at least 16 items in the next nine months.
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PBAC additions
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has announced the appointment of Jo Watson as the inaugural deputy chairperson of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.
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New role for Roxon
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017FORMER Health Minister Nicola Roxon has been appointed to the board of Dexus Funds Management, which is making a push into property associated with healthcare operations.
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CMs dominate submissions
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017IF IT were purely down to word count on objections to the Professor Stephen King review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, complementary medicines (CMs) issues, including homeopathy, appear to dominate.
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Cut medicine harm – WHO
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017THE World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a challenge to governments across the globe, urging them to reduce the burden of medication-related harm by 50% within the next five years.