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Win one VIP experience
Wednesday | Jul 19 2023ONE VIP breakfast experience with the 2022 Pharmacy Assistant of the Year, Terri Bakker (pictured), is up for grabs at the Pharmacy Assistant National Conference in Sydney from 31 Aug to 02 Sep.
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Public worried about gene screening
Wednesday | Jul 19 2023DNA screening for risk of disease that can be prevented or treated (like some cancers or heart disease) is being offered to 10,000 Australians, aged 18 to 40 years, through the DNA Screen Pilot Study led by Monash University.
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Free flu shots for all in Qld
Tuesday | Jul 18 2023THE Queensland Government has announced state-wide, no-cost influenza vaccinations for Queenslanders from Sat 22 Jul.
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Donanemab promising
Tuesday | Jul 18 2023ELI Lilly has confirmed today that a regulatory submission to the TGA is imminent and plans for a PBS listing application are under way for its novel biologic medicine donanemab, indicated for the treatment of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
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Shape future for the end
Tuesday | Jul 18 2023WITH registrations climbing towards 1,000 delegates, the full program for the 2023 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (23OPCC) to run from 13 to 15 Sep in Sydney has been released.
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Call to ‘get on’ with vaping reforms
Monday | Jul 17 2023AN AUSTRALIAN Standard nicotine vaping products (NVPs) manufacturer wants the Federal Government and respective State Health administrations to "get on with the job" of implementing major health reforms to tackle the nation's vaping black market.
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UTS delves into impacts
Monday | Jul 17 2023THE University of Technology (UTS) Community Pharmacy Barometer Interim Report from May draws further on the adverse impact of 60DD where 216 decision makers showed the lowest optimism scores since the Barometer Report started, in the value of their pharmacy business (PD 14 Jul).
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New standards approved
Monday | Jul 17 2023THE Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) confirmed last week that its Accreditation Standards for the credentialing of Aged Care On-site Pharmacists and Medication Management Review (MMR) pharmacists have been approved by the Department of Health and Aged Care (PD Breaking News Fri).
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Covid infects placenta
Monday | Jul 17 2023RESEARCH has revealed how the COVID-19 virus infects the placenta, and how this can be prevented.
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Interim Barometer report
Friday | Jul 14 2023AFTER the announcement of the 60DD policy in the Budget, the UTS Barometer Interim Report taken in May shows community pharmacists' confidence in their profession has completely plummeted to just 60.8 out of 200, the lowest to date since the Barometer started, when just in Nov 2022 the 12th UTS Barometer Report took the pulse of community pharmacy and found a healthy optimism at 146.8 out of 200 (PD Breaking News yesterday).
