Headlines
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Counterfeit drugs bust
Tuesday | Aug 23 2022MORE than $2 million-worth of illegally imported medicines and therapeutic goods have been intercepted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) as part of a week-long international campaign.
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Oral COVID med moves closer to rego
Monday | Aug 22 2022ADJUTOR Healthcare Pty Ltd's new orally-administered drug, sabizabulin, has been granted a provisional determination for the treatment of COVID-19 in Australia.
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Brace for medicines price increases
Monday | Aug 22 2022PHARMACY owners are being warned to prepare themselves for price increases stemming from the Federal Government's five-year deals with Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (GBMA).
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Priceline roles out workplace app
Monday | Aug 22 2022WESFARMERS' owned, banner group, Priceline Pharmacy, is rolling out workplace communication and training app, WorkJam, across its 470 stores nationwide.
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Pharmacist drops CWH for sneakers
Monday | Aug 22 2022FORMER Chemist Warehouse (CWH) pharmacist, Edwin Low, who ditched the profession to open a designer sneaker store in Melbourne, is expecting to turn over $20 million this year.
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WA hospital to trial e-scripts: ADHA
Friday | Aug 19 2022ROYAL Perth Hospital will become Australia's first hospital to provide patients with electronic prescriptions to be dispensed through community pharmacies.
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Parker scoops APA title
Friday | Aug 19 2022ALBURY-WODONGA-BASED pharmacy owner, Ruth Parker, has been named as the Australian Patients Association's (APA's) Most Outstanding Pharmacist of the year.
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PDL issues varicella vaccine alert
Thursday | Aug 18 2022VARIATION on how varicella vaccines are described in prescribing software may be factors in a recent increase in incident reports where incorrect vaccinations have been prescribed or supplied, professional indemnity (PI) insurer, Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL), believes.
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Brace for rent increases
Thursday | Aug 18 2022PHARMACY owners are being urged to prepare for rental rates to jump by 7 to 8%, in line with current inflation figures.
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Bumpy economic ride on the horizon
Wednesday | Aug 17 2022PHARMACY owners are being warned that rising inflation will create a "bumpy [economic] ride" for the sector.