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Dispensary Corner 13 July 17
Thursday | Jul 13 2017THE global proliferation of smartphones has been put to an intriguing use by Stanford University scientists, who have collated data to analyse the world's laziest countries.
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Qld pharmacy women get together
Thursday | Jul 13 2017THE Queensland Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia hosted a 'Leading Women of Pharmacy' networking event earlier this week, with a panel presentation including Guild branch committee member-elect Lucy Walker, owner of TerryWhite Chemmart Samford Karen Brown and Jill Reilly, owner of Kensington Village Pharmacy.
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EU measles calamity
Thursday | Jul 13 2017THE World Health Organization has urged tighter controls on immunisations, after 35 deaths across Europe in the last 12 months due to measles outbreaks.
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Opdivo TGA tick
Thursday | Jul 13 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo (nivolumab) for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic squamous cell cancer of the head and neck.
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FDA speeds generics
Thursday | Jul 13 2017FULFILLING its promise to hasten the approvals for generic drugs to increase downward pressure on branded drug pricing, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it approved 96 generic drugs in May and 100 in June.
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Just 28 full responses to financial survey
Thursday | Jul 13 2017RESEARCH into the finances of Australian pharmacies commissioned by the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation garnered just 28 complete responses, despite an extensive engagement strategy which aimed to communicate the need for, and value of participating in, the project.
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‘Clinical focus’ call
Thursday | Jul 13 2017CONSUMERS have an appetite for "a pharmacy environment that reflects a more clinical focus", according to one of the four reports commissioned by the King Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation.
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Pharmacy codeine toolkit
Thursday | Jul 13 2017NON-PROFIT medication misuse action group ScriptWise has launched a new toolkit for pharmacists, to help prepare for the rescheduling of codeine products to prescription-only from 01 Feb 2018.
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Mystery shop slams pharmacy
Thursday | Jul 13 2017A "secret shopper" study conducted by the University of Sydney found that pharmacy staff appropriately referred patients to general practitioners in only 66% of cases, and providing feedback on incorrect referrals did not improve the performance over time.
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King urges review input
Thursday | Jul 13 2017STEVEN King, the chair of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, has reiterated a call for the pharmacy sector to provide submissions on its recently released interim report "to ensure that your views on the reform options are conveyed to the Panel".
