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Pharmacy prices expected to rise
Monday | Apr 19 2021PROSPECTIVE buyers of community pharmacies expect that prices will increase over the next 12 months, the latest edition of the Attain Pharmacy Market Sentiment Survey reveals.
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Personal use behind cannabis growth
Monday | Apr 19 2021CLOSE to three-quarters of small-scale medicinal cannabis growers in Australia are cultivating crops for their personal use, research from Curtin University's National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) reveals.
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Pharmacists blamed for drug denials
Monday | Apr 19 2021"NOTORIOUSLY risk-averse" pharmacists are being cited for denying patients access to a morning sickness treatment, according to a key women's health medical specialist.
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Drug-induced deaths continue to rise
Friday | Apr 16 2021MORE than five Australians a day died as a result of misuse of drugs - including medications - in 2019, with opioids the most commonly identified substances in drug-related deaths (1,121), the latest National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) report reveals.
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WHO’s antibiotic fears
Friday | Apr 16 2021CONCERNS are being raised that none of the 43 antibiotics currently in clinical development "sufficiently address" drug resistance in the world's most dangerous bacteria.
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Increased workload induces burnout
Thursday | Apr 15 2021INCREASED workload combined with the challenges of tackling medicines shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked burnout amongst Australian pharmacists.
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Guild monitors NSW wage theft laws
Thursday | Apr 15 2021PHARMACY owners in NSW who fall foul of the State's tax collectors could face penalties in excess of $100,000 as part of new legislation being proposed by the Berejiklian Government to combat wage theft.
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Vax centres no use to remote Aussies
Thursday | Apr 15 2021PLANS for State and Territory Governments to set up mass vaccination centres to accelerate the Federal Government's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, are of limited use, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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NSW pharmacies to get NIP access
Wednesday | Apr 14 2021ELIGIBLE patients in NSW will be able to get free seasonal influenza vaccines at their local pharmacy through the National Immunisation Program (NIP) after State Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, backed the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's (PSA) call for pharmacists to be given access to the program.
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No timeline for COVAX EoI decisions
Wednesday | Apr 14 2021PHARMACY owners across Australia have been given no timeline as to when the latest phase of the Expression of interest (EoI) process for those seeking to join the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout will be completed.