Headlines
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Revenue decline impact
Wednesday | May 10 2023WITH the 60-day dispensing measure confirmed in last night's Budget, pharmacy is faced with a real concern about its viability and patient safety, confirmed RSM Australia's National Director, Pharmacy, Kian Ghahramani.
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Sep deadline looming
Wednesday | May 10 2023IN HIS Budget handed down last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed the increase of maximum dispensing quantity to 60 days for more than 300 PBS-listed medicines, will be phased in from 01 Sep for stable, chronic health conditions, "cutting the number of visits to a pharmacy and GP each year and saving $1.6b in out-of-pocket costs over four years" (PD breaking news).
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Gilbert heads Signature
Wednesday | May 10 2023GLENN Gilbert has been appointed as CEO and Managing Director of Signature Oncology Pty Ltd effective 09 Jun.
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Diet cycling can impact our cognition
Wednesday | May 10 2023A UNSW Sydney study in rats, published in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, shows that cycling between a healthy and unhealthy diet impacts a person's spatial memory.
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CW ‘underpay’ case in SA
Tuesday | May 9 2023LEGAL action has been launched by the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) in the South Australia Employment Tribunal against some Chemist Warehouse franchisee store owners in Colonnades, Elizabeth City Centre, Modbury and Clovelly Park.
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Top six expand workforce
Tuesday | May 9 2023A NATIONAL leadership body has announced six successful recipients of the 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacist Scholarship, supported by a grant from Sanofi Australia.
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Opioid overdose alert on
Tuesday | May 9 2023NSW Health is warning of the potential dangers from a potent opioid (isotonitazene) detected in drugs in a yellow powder form on the NSW Central Coast.
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UTS awards a tech-savvy innovator
Monday | May 8 2023THE 2022 UTS Innovative Pharmacist of the Year award has gone to Brooke Young (pictured)from Cooleman Court Pharmacy.
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Hawthorne creates value
Monday | May 8 2023VICTORIAN pharmacist Deborah Hawthorne (pictured) has been awarded the inaugural PSA MIMS Consultant Pharmacist of the Year award at the Consultant Pharmacist Conference in Adelaide.
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Doctor of Pharmacy named
Monday | May 8 2023THE University of Sydney last Fri awarded the Degree of Doctor of Pharmacy (honoris causa) to pharmacist Edward Crook, for his contributions to pharmacy, innovation and technology.
