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Star Combo buys Bio-E
Wednesday | Jul 10 2019ASX-LISTED complementary medicine manufacturer, Star Combo, has entered a purchase agreement with Melbourne-based natural health, food and beauty business, Bio-E for $60 million.
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NZ melatonin reclassification
Wednesday | Jul 10 2019PHARMACISTS in New Zealand will be able to supply melatonin tablets up to 3mg in strength without a prescription, under new arrangements which have reclassified the medication from "prescription only" to "prescription except when".
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RACGP fears “disingenuous”: Guild
Tuesday | Jul 9 2019WARNINGS that plans to trial pharmacist prescribing in Queensland could increase the threat of antibiotic resistant infections are "disingenuous", the Pharmacy Guild of Australia says.
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Jab in the back never happened
Tuesday | Jul 9 2019A PERTH-BASED pharmacist is strenuously denying claims he caused nerve damage to patient when administering an influenza vaccine last week.
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TBN set to drive demand
Tuesday | Jul 9 2019PHARMACY-FAVOURITE nail polish brand COLOUR by TBN is celebrating 10 years of successful retail marketing, with the Total Beauty Network (TBN) plotting a "monumental push to drive consumers into pharmacy doors" as part of the milestone.
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AMA slams WA pharmacy proposals
Monday | Jul 8 2019RECOMMENDATIONS to expand the scope of pharmacists in Western Australia, to include limited prescribing rights and a broader range of immunisations have been blasted by the Australian Medical Association (AMA).
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Pharmacists need AHPRA protection
Friday | Jul 5 2019PHARMACISTS who report suspicions that another health practitioner is behaving inappropriately, should be shielded from potential harassment, the profession's peak bodies believe.
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Pharmacist banned over drug thefts
Thursday | Jul 4 2019AN ASPIRING pharmacist's provisional registration has been cancelled and she has been barred from the profession for at least two years, after stealing prescription medicines.
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SHPA decries funding slash
Thursday | Jul 4 2019AROUND $44m in cuts to hospital pharmacy department budgets will have unforeseen impacts on the care of some of Australia's most acutely unwell patients, the Society of Hospitals Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) warned yesterday.
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AMA follows Guild with new leader
Wednesday | Jul 3 2019FORMER Catholic Health Australia CEOs are the flavour of the month, with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) announcing the appointment of Dr Martin Laverty as its new Secretary General.