Headlines
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PSA appoints Mark Kinsela as CEO
Wednesday | Oct 16 2019AUSTRALIAN Digital Health Agency (ADHA) Chief of Staff, Mark Kinsela, will be the next CEO of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) (breaking news today).
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Prescribing within pharmacist’s scope
Wednesday | Oct 16 2019NO BARRIERS exist to prevent prescribing being included within a pharmacist's scope of practice, the Pharmacy Board of Australia believes.
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Medicines saving lives and money
Wednesday | Oct 16 2019AUSTRALIANS are living longer, healthier lives due to the introduction of new medicines, according to research from Columbia University Business School Professor Frank Lichtenberg quantifying the human and economic impact of innovative drugs.
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AMA standards mean little to Guild
Tuesday | Oct 15 2019MINIMUM standards for prescribing released by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) are of little relevance to the development of pharmacist prescribing, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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Brianne Lowe wins PATY
Tuesday | Oct 15 2019BRIANNE Lowe (pictured), from HealthSAVE Pharmacy Charlestown in New South Wales, has been announced as the 2019 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year (PATY).
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Time for pharmacy funding rethink
Monday | Oct 14 2019PHARMACISTS should be paid for their service skills rather than the speed at which they can dispense medicines, researchers believe.
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Compare the pair: Guild
Monday | Oct 14 2019TRIALS need to be undertaken to establish the cost-effectiveness of embedding pharmacists in residential aged care facilities compared to community pharmacy outreach services, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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Pharmacy staff face homicide investigation
Monday | Oct 14 2019GERMAN police are investigating two pharmacy employees in relation to a negligent homicide case in the city of Cologne.
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Victoria lowers pharmacy flu vax age
Friday | Oct 11 2019VICTORIA is the third Australian state to grant pharmacists approval to administer flu vaccinations to children as young as 10 years old.
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Zantac recalled globally
Friday | Oct 11 2019GLAXOSMITHKLINE has issued a global recall for Zantac (ranitidine) over concerns about contamination with N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), expanding an earlier alert which saw the drug pulled in Ireland, India and Hong Kong.