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No need for OTC pill push: RACGP
Thursday | Jun 17 2021ARGUMENTS supporting calls for the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) to be down-scheduled to Pharmacy Only (Appendix M) no longer stand, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) believes.
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Dominos falling slowly on COVAX
Wednesday | Jun 16 2021NSW, Victoria and the Northern Territory Governments are all expected to announce that they will approve a limited number of rural and outer suburban pharmacies as COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) sites in the coming weeks.
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API to switch to Arrotex generics
Wednesday | Jun 16 2021GENERIC medicines provider, Arrotex Pharmaceuticals, is set to become the preferred supplier of generic medicines to Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) pharmacy banner groups from Sep.
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Guild surprised by Moderna plan
Tuesday | Jun 15 2021UP TO 1,000 community pharmacies are expected to be given access to supplies of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine by Oct, in a suprise update to the Federal Government's vaccination campaign.
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Counselling trial not a pro-life push
Tuesday | Jun 15 2021Pharmacists are being forced to defend plans to offer patients who access emergency contraception with advice about future options as part of a trial, over a misinterpretation of what "counselling" means in pharmacy.
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Pharmacists honoured
Tuesday | Jun 15 2021DEPUTY National Rural Health Commissioner, Associate Professor, Faye McMillan, was one of three pharmacists recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list yesterday.
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We just want to help COVAX rollout
Friday | Jun 11 2021WESTERN Australian pharmacists are frustrated at having to turn away patients who are eager to have COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX), Pharmacy Guild of Australia WA Branch President, Andrew Ngeow says.
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Discounter satisfies Aussie shoppers
Friday | Jun 11 2021CHEMIST Warehouse has come out on top of the annual Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards in the Chemist/Pharmacy of the Year category for the first time.
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Fewer AEFI from pharmacy vaccines
Thursday | Jun 10 2021VACCINE safety surveillance data from Western Australia shows patients who received influenza vaccinations at community pharmacies experienced fewer adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), than those who received jabs elsewhere.
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COVAX talks continue
Thursday | Jun 10 2021PHARMACY Guild of Australia leaders are continuing discussions with NSW Health to secure approval for pharmacies to join the State's COVID-19 vaccination (COVAX) rollout.