Headlines
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Pharmacists back S4 codeine
Monday | Mar 25 2019MOST pharmacists believe last year's controversial decision to up-schedule codeine-based analgesics to prescription only will benefit patients, new research reveals.
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MedAdvisor US expansion
Monday | Mar 25 2019AUSTRALIAN-LISTED digital medicines management company MedAdvisor has announced a new partnership with Adheris Health, a US patient adherence and engagement company, to accelerate its roll-out to the US market (PD breaking news Fri).
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‘Stay classy’ AMA: Guild
Friday | Mar 22 2019PHARMACIST-ISSUED absence from work certificates are continuing to raise the ire of medical practitioners, with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) again criticising their use.
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Amcal & DDS sales up – Sigma
Friday | Mar 22 2019SIGMA Healthcare yesterday reported a 33% decline in net profit after tax, with the overall result hit by over $13 million in restructuring costs (PD breaking news).
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PDL urges credential checks
Friday | Mar 22 2019PHARMACY legal defence group PDL has issued an alert to proprietors of pharmacies around issues that have arisen in recent times, exposing legal risk.
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Guild hails political support
Thursday | Mar 21 2019PAM Price, Interim Executive Director of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, has hailed the "high level of bipartisan political support for community pharmacies" expressed during this month's APP2019 conference on the Gold Coast.
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Top WA pharmacists named
Thursday | Mar 21 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has named Melinda Boss as the Western Australian Pharmacist of the Year.
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Self-medicating ex-pharmacist banned
Thursday | Mar 21 2019A former pharmacist turned doctor will be unable to register to practice either profession for at least 18 months, from 01 Mar, following a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruling.
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NPS urges CM disclosure
Wednesday | Mar 20 2019PATIENTS taking complementary medicines have been formally advised to "reveal all to your pharmacist" in order to stay safe, according to a new update from NPS MedicineWise.
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Sacked for ‘sculling’ leftovers
Wednesday | Mar 20 2019CCTV footage of a pharmacist preparing a prescription and dispensing it, before "sculling" the leftover medication from a mixing bowl, cost him his job.