Headlines
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Gold Cross appoints GM
Friday | Dec 20 2019PHARMACY Guild of Australia subsidiary, Gold Cross, has named Shayne Bland as its incoming General Manager.
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Price disclosure delivering savings
Thursday | Dec 19 2019CLOSE to one-in-three prescriptions dispensed for medicines listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is subject to price competition between pharmacies, new data reveals.
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Community campaign
Thursday | Dec 19 2019SIGMA Healthcare's pharmacy retailers, Amcal and Guardian, have collaborated on a new marketing campaign, which the brands say is designed to foster "meaningful community connections" during the holiday period.
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Upjohn Australia splits from Pfizer Direct
Wednesday | Dec 18 2019PFIZER has confirmed that its off-patent branded and established medicines business, Upjohn Australia, will transition to a traditional distribution model through Community Service Obligation (CSO) wholesalers in Feb 2020 (PD breaking news).
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New “Made in Australia” regulations
Wednesday | Dec 18 2019THE complementary medicines (CM) sector has hailed the introduction of new rules around claims that products are locally manufactured, as the outcome of changes proposed to the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) to give CMs greater access to Australian origin claims.
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AMA shy on why of pharmacy push
Tuesday | Dec 17 2019CALLS for pharmacy ownership rules to be reformed to allow doctors to own pharmacies fail to explain why it would benefit patients, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia says.
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PSA’s Vic Budget plea
Tuesday | Dec 17 2019PHARMACISTS in Victoria are urging the State Government to provide funding to boost access to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence (MATOD).
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PSA seeks funding boost in Tasmania
Monday | Dec 16 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Tasmanian Branch is seeking $2 million from the State Government to fund a pilot trial of after-hours services it says could deliver significant savings.
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Pharmacist to practice
Monday | Dec 16 2019A PHARMACIST facing charges of sexual assaulting a patient will be allowed to practice after an NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal overturned a suspension handed down by the Pharmacy Council of NSW in Aug.
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A solution in search of a problem?
Friday | Dec 13 2019PROPOSED legislation aimed at protecting religious freedoms are "a perceived solution in search of a problem", in the eyes of Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian Branch Presidient, Anthony Tassone.