Headlines
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Biosimilar confidence on the rise
Thursday | Nov 12 2020PHARMACISTS are reporting growing confidence in biosimilar medications, a new report from the Generic Biosimilar Medicines Association (GBMA) reveals.
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QLD Guild focused on close the gap
Thursday | Nov 12 2020PHARMACY Guild of Australia Queensland Branch President, Trent Twomey, reiterated the organisation's commitment to improving access to healthcare services for Indigenous Australia, when unveiling a new painting to celebrate NAIDOC week.
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Pharmacy critical to primary care
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020PHARMACISTS are playing a crucial role providing essential health services to keep communities safe and healthy through the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) believes.
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Policy delivery lag hurts Australians
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020DELAYS in implementing healthcare measures including the National Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response are leaving Australians without urgently needed support, Federal Australian Labor Party MP, Emma McBride, believes.
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Sibling success for TWC Milton
Wednesday | Nov 11 2020TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC) Milton has marked a challenging 2020 that has seen the NSW South Coast pharmacy impacted by bushfires and COVID-19, by winning the 2020 Small Business Award for Outstanding Pharmacy in Illawarra and South Coast.
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Preventing vector-borne diseases
Tuesday | Nov 10 2020PHARMACISTS around the world are being urged to play their part in combating vector-borne diseases, with environmental and societal changes contributing to the proliferation of these illnesses.
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Vaping big tobacco’s Trojan Horse
Tuesday | Nov 10 2020"FALSE claims" about the use of e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids being made by 'big tobacco' lobbyists need to be called out, pharmacist-turned Federal Australian Labor Party MP, Emma McBride believes.
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Guild plots new event
Tuesday | Nov 10 2020AFTER close to 12 months without an in-person conference, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is set to host a new 'invite only' event in Brisbane in Feb 2021.
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DoH backs eRx re-authorisation
Monday | Nov 9 2020THE Federal Department of Health (DoH) is backing calls for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to re-authorise the inter-operability of the eRx Script Exchange and IP MSD prescription exchange systems (PES) until 2025.
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Brown Bag campaign pushes RUM
Monday | Nov 9 2020PHARMACIES in the NSW Federal electorate of MacKellar are taking part in the Brown Bag Medicine Promotion this month to encourage patients to return unwanted medications (RUM) to be destroyed in an environmentally safe way.