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AstraZeneca drops direct distribution
Thursday | Sep 12 2019COMMUNITY pharmacies will soon no longer be able to order any AstraZeneca medicines via DHL, under a further shift in the company's Australian distribution strategy announced this morning.
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Evolution, not revolution
Thursday | Sep 12 2019EMPOWERING pharmacists to work to their full scope of practice is not a revolutionary change for the profession, Pharmacy Guild of Australia NSW Branch Committee Member, Paul Jones, believes.
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7CPA patient focus vital
Thursday | Sep 12 2019THE priority for the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) should be to deliver benefits to patients ahead of anyone else, according to Shadow Minister for Health, Chris Bowen.
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7CPA to deliver safety and certainty
Wednesday | Sep 11 2019NEGOTIATIONS for the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) will "start in earnest" today, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt told the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Annual Parliamentary Dinner last night.
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Slade wins SA contract
Wednesday | Sep 11 2019SLADE Compounding has won a major South Australian contract, having been named as the sole supplier of sterile compounded antibiotics, chemotherapy and analgesics for all SA public hospitals.
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Pharmacists need to stop apologising
Tuesday | Sep 10 2019PHARMACISTS need to be proud of their profession and stop apologising, two speakers told delegates at Pharmacy Connect in Sydney last week.
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Female focus key to pharmacy success
Tuesday | Sep 10 2019COMMUNITY pharmacy needs to embrace women working within the profession, Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Executive Director, Suzanne Greenwood, believes.
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Lowe comes out on top
Tuesday | Sep 10 2019HEALTHSAVE Pharmacy Charlestown's Brianne Lowe (pictured above), will represent NSW at the finals of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award, in Brisbane next month.
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Don’t waste opportunities: Sclavos
Monday | Sep 9 2019QUEENSLAND-BASED pharmacists need to grasp the opportunity to take part in the state's pharmacist prescribing trial with both hands or risk losing out, former Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Kos Sclavos (pictured), has warned.
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Securing CPA deal a KPI
Monday | Sep 9 2019SIGNING off on the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) before 31 Dec is a key performance indicator (KPI) for Department of Health Secretary, Glenys Beauchamp.