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QUM a priority: Hunt
Monday | Jul 29 2019PHARMACISTS are being urged to lobby their State or Territory Health Ministers to ensure the Federal Government's plan to make quality use of medicines a national health priority comes to fruition.
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Community pharmacist gong
Monday | Jul 29 2019COMMUNITY pharmacist Brad Butt (pictured) from Cooleman Court Pharmacy, ACT, has been announced as the Australian Patients Association's inaugural Most Outstanding Community Pharmacist of the Year at the association's annual awards night in Melbourne last week.
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Guild backs AMA vax plan
Friday | Jul 26 2019CALLS by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for all adults to be given free "catch-up" shots of National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccinations are being backed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Untreated Hep C concern
Friday | Jul 26 2019DESPITE the listing of highly effective hepatitis C medicines on the PBS in 2016, as many as 58,000 Australians living with the virus are yet to "take advantage of new highly effective cures", according to the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA).
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Guild rejects pharmacy MBS exclusion
Thursday | Jul 25 2019ACCESS to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) should not exclude community pharmacies, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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Casuarina PA wins NT PATY
Thursday | Jul 25 2019PHARMACY assistant Suzanna Calder from PharmaSave Casuarina will represent the Northern Territory at the National Finals of the 2019 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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AMA ‘Looney Tunes’ about pharmacy
Wednesday | Jul 24 2019ACCUSATIONS that some in the community pharmacy sector put money ahead of their patients' needs, are being staunchly rejected by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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TGA $10 million ad fine
Wednesday | Jul 24 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has hailed a Federal Court order yesterday requiring Peptide Clinics Australia to pay $10 million in penalties for breaches of medicine advertising rules.
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Arrotex unveils its executive team
Wednesday | Jul 24 2019NEWLY formed generic and OTC pharmaceuticals giant Arrotex Pharmaceuticals has announced the appointment of its new executive team to lead the integration, enablement and growth of the Arrow and Apotex merged entity.
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Pharmacist prescribing no way: AMA
Tuesday | Jul 23 2019PHARMACISTS lack the skills necessary to prescribe medicines, Australian Medical Association (AMA) Western Australia President, Dr Andrew Miller, claims.