Headlines
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Six POTY finalists ready for APP2024
Thursday | Dec 14 2023THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has revealed the six finalists for the 2024 Guild Pharmacy of the Year Awards (PD breaking news yesterday).
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Vax coverage falls in Aussie children
Thursday | Dec 14 2023VACCINATION coverage in children has been declining since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest data from The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) has shown.
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Editor’s Choice: eyelash and brow duo boosts 11 star ingredients
Thursday | Dec 14 2023EZZ Life Science Holdings has launched its latest product, the Eucalyptus Stem Cell & Peptide Eyelash & Brow Serum Duo.
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AI unlocks gene variants
Thursday | Dec 14 2023RESEARCH scientists at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to further unlock the genetic secrets to Alzheimer's disease.
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OW plans “mass rollout”
Wednesday | Dec 13 2023OPTOMETRIST Warehouse (OW) Managing Director Peter Larsen has confirmed it's "business as usual" for the new optometry network after major news last week that Chemist Warehouse plans to merge with Sigma Healthcare to create Australia's largest pharmacy group, potentially worth more than $8.8 billion, reported Insight (PD 07 Dec).
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Guild Vic branch against CWG listing
Wednesday | Dec 13 2023THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia's Vic branch has expressed major concerns about the proposal to reverse list Chemist Warehouse Group (CWG) on the ASX via Sigma Healthcare (PD 07 Dec).
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Pain galore with more meds shortages
Tuesday | Dec 12 2023THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has warned of a looming health crisis for palliative care patients of all ages as well as those with chronic pain, cancer and other conditions requiring effective pain control with critical acute pain medications in dire shortage.
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Forced closure fears in SA
Tuesday | Dec 12 2023ICONIC Adelaide business Midnight Pharmacy is facing fears of forced closure following SA Premier Peter Malinauskas' 24/7 pharmacy announcement last week, according to its owner.
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Sigma, CW enter into MIA
Monday | Dec 11 2023THE proposed merger between Sigma Healthcare and Chemist Warehouse Group (CWG) has been officially outed with a Merger Implementation Agreement (MIA) from Sigma posted via the ASX this morning, detailing its aim to create a leading healthcare wholesaler, distributor and retail pharmacy with CWG (PD 07 Dec).
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Capital Chemist awards
Monday | Dec 11 2023CAPITAL Chemist pharmacy group presented the Pharmacy of the Year (POTY) awards at its Christmas Party, sponsored by Westpac and held in Canberra on 09 Dec.