News
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Dispensary Corner 5 Dec 16
Monday | Dec 5 2016NSW high profile pharmacist and tweeter Rick Samimi, also a National Councillor for the Pharmacy Guild.
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Weekly Comment 05 Dec 16: Driving business performance
Monday | Dec 5 2016WELCOME to PD's weekly comment feature.
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Shortages resolved
Monday | Dec 5 2016THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised that a shortage of ampicillin injection and amoxycillin injection, first flagged in May 2015, has now been resolved.
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FDA Jardiance tick
Monday | Dec 5 2016THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new indication for Jardiance (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in adult patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Hep C tops the $ list
Monday | Dec 5 2016THE annual release of the Australian Prescriber's top ten subsidised drugs in Australia for 2015-16 has seen the new hepatitis C listed drugs taking the very high profile position as highest cost to government, in spite of relatively low patient numbers compared to the script number rankings.
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Pharmacy vax success
Monday | Dec 5 2016A new University of Sydney study has shown pharmacists can successfully administer influenza vaccine in the community pharmacy setting, and that the practice has wide public acceptance.
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CW raises $1.2m for Liptember
Monday | Dec 5 2016PHARMACY mega-chain Chemist Warehouse (CW) has announced that it has raised an impressive $1.2 million for the Liptember Foundation throughout its 2016 campaign bringing the tally to more than $3.3 million since it formed a partnership with the charity three years ago.
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Review financial survey
Monday | Dec 5 2016PHARMACIES across Australia are being invited to express their interest in taking part in a targeted survey with the aim of directly obtaining "relevant financial data from a broad cross section of Australian community pharmacies".
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Events Calendar 02 Dec 16
Friday | Dec 2 20162-5 Dec: Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) Scientific Meeting; The University of Sydney; more info at:.
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Dispensary Corner 02 Dec 16
Friday | Dec 2 2016HERE'S one way vegans could find themselves excluded from the economy - bank notes that contain animal fats.
