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Aged care meds in focus
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018THE Federal Government's newly convened Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will consider medication management as part of its now-confirmed Terms of Reference.
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UQ students in the know
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018PHARMACY Guild Queensland Branch President, Trent Twomey, was among the presenters at an event last week at the University of Queensland, with attendees including students, pharmacists and academics.
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Illicit codeine use decline
Tuesday | Oct 9 2018THE use of low dose codeine for "non-medicinal/pain purposes" has declined significantly in Australia, according to a new report from the University of NSW's National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) released yesterday.
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Work certificates update
Tuesday | Oct 9 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have released the updated Absence from Work Certificates Guidelines for Pharmacists to assist community pharmacists who provide this service for people in their community.
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Advertising code changes
Monday | Oct 8 2018KEY changes to the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2018 are likely to be in place as soon as next month, with the aim of providing advertisers with "the clarity they need to apply the code correctly".
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Strepfen advertising ban
Monday | Oct 8 2018PHARMACY point-of-sale advertising comparing Reckitt Benckiser's Strepfen with iNova's Difflam has been permanently barred, with the Federal Court last Fri finalising proceedings in a case brought by iNova earlier this year alleging misleading or deceptive conduct.
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Pharmacy schools ranked
Friday | Oct 5 2018THE annual Good Universities Guide has ranked the pharmacy course at James Cook University as the best in Australia, with JCU topping student feedback in terms of educational experience, learner engagement, student support and teaching quality.
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New Guild education portal
Friday | Oct 5 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the release of its new education portal, GuildEd.
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New Minfos online catalogue
Thursday | Oct 4 2018MINFOS has launched an online product catalogue that features over 500,000 items sourced directly from suppliers.
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Guild urges DAA mandate
Thursday | Oct 4 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the current national focus on aged care via the newly announced Royal Commission has highlighted the "strong rationale for requiring all regularly dispensed chronic disease medicines for aged care residents to be supplied in dose administration aids".
