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PDL vaccination warnings
Monday | Apr 23 2018PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited has highlighted the importance of pharmacists administering the correct influenza vaccine based on their patients' age, with Afluria Quad, dispensed to children, the most frequently recurring vaccine involved in PDL incident reports last year.
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Pharmacy vaccinations profiled
Monday | Apr 23 2018VICTORIAN Senator Bridget McKenzie (pictured), the Deputy Leader of the Nationals and Minister for Rural Health, has profiled the need for flu immunisation by getting her flu vaccination administered by a local community pharmacist.
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Amcal diabetes risk scan
Friday | Apr 20 2018AMCAL is offering its customers a health assessment with a focus on diabetes with its "personalised Diabetes Management Review" following the release of a new diabetes report from the company.
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Pharmacist loses defamation case
Friday | Apr 20 2018THE Federal Court of Australia has ruled against a WA pharmacist who claimed he was defamed by conditions being imposed on his registration and subsequent publication by the Pharmacy Board of Australia & the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency.
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API addresses soft demand
Thursday | Apr 19 2018AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries has refined tactical sales activity and continues to develop exclusive products and range extensions, as part of a strategy to combat weak consumer demand which saw the company report a 24.9% decline in H1 net profit to $24.9 million (PD breaking news).
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TerryWhite Chemmart’s top pharmacist
Thursday | Apr 19 2018TERRYWHITE Chemmart's Pharmacist of the Year, Karen Brown of TerryWhite Chemmart Samford, was announced this week at a gala dinner held at the Pullman Hotel, Melbourne.
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King review outcome soon
Wednesday | Apr 18 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed that the government's response to the controversial King Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation will be handed down in about four weeks' time.
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New ‘Pharmacy to Home’ service
Wednesday | Apr 18 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with supply chain solutions company Kings Group to launch its Pharmacy to Home Delivery Service through Gold Cross Products and Services.
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Pharmacy staff underpaid
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018FURTHER details have emerged of a Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) investigation into three Sydney pharmacy proprietors penalised for underpaying a staff member by more than $62,000 (PD 14 Feb).
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New PBS cancer listings
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018THE government has announced several new cancer medicines to be subsidised via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, with health minister Greg Hunt saying the move shows the Coalition's commitment to the PBS is "rock solid".
