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Rite-Aid files for Chapter 11 protection
Tuesday | Oct 17 2023RITE Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the United States, filed for bankruptcy on Sun, weighed down by billions of dollars in debt, declining sales and more than 1,000 federal, state and local lawsuits claiming the group filled thousands of "illegal prescriptions for opioid painkillers", NYT has reported.
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Dispensary Corner 17 Oct 23
Tuesday | Oct 17 2023FORGET cyber attacks and online ransom demands - a major outage at a medical facility in the USA has been blamed on a cat.
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Pharmacists praised in Sunshine State
Monday | Oct 16 2023THE Qld Govt and the Opposition jointly recognised the valuable contribution community pharmacists make across the state, at the Pharmacy Guild's fifth annual Parliamentary Reception held in the state's Parliament House last week.
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High AMR in wastewater
Monday | Oct 16 2023ANALYSING wastewater samples from several aged care and retirement homes in Adelaide, has uncovered worrying signs of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in at least one facility, a University of South Australia study has found.
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Child’s play to fix doses
Monday | Oct 16 2023PHARMACISTS and engineers in the US have developed a 3D printing process capable of producing the exact dose of medication needed by a child, Pharmacy Practice News has reported this week.
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Walgreens CEO
Monday | Oct 16 2023INCOMING Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth, who steps in on 23 Oct, briefly praised the company's pharmacy staff, but made no mention of the three-day walkouts held recently over poor working conditions.
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Managerial roles
Monday | Oct 16 2023THE NSC Group is looking for professional pharmacy managers with a remuneration package that's competitive.
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Call to upskill in end-of-life care program
Monday | Oct 16 2023CONSULTATION has opened for the development of the National Palliative Care Foundation Training Program announced earlier this year, stated the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).
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10 ECPs to be part of ‘paradigm shift’
Friday | Oct 13 2023THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has appointed 10 Early Career Pharmacists (ECPs) from around Australia to lead the ECP Community of Specialty Interest (CSI), and support ECP Board Director Ayomide Ogundipe (pictured), who is also the CSI Chair.
