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Enemies trying to break patient trust
Monday | Sep 9 2019MEDICAL organisations and groups lobbying for the deregulation of community pharmacy are attempting to undermine the relationship that patients have with their pharmacist, Pharmacy Guild of Australia NSW Branch President, David Heffernan (pictured), believes.
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Health pros? Patients forget pharmacy
Monday | Sep 9 2019PATIENTS often fail to list visits to their local pharmacy when asked about their recent interactions with health professionals, C|T Group Head of Research, Dr Michael Turner has advised.
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Pharmacies struggling to break even
Monday | Sep 9 2019CLOSE to one-in-five pharmacies across Australia are failing to turn a profit, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National Vice President, Trent Twomey, told delegates at the Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney last Fri.
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CWH ‘behaving like a big corporate’
Friday | Sep 6 2019CHEMIST Warehouse is being accused of acting like a "big corporate that doesn't like the rules," in its campaign to loosen the Pharmacy Location Rules, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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Mundipharma backs Tu Scholarship
Friday | Sep 6 2019MUNDIPHARMA will donate $5,000 to support the Andrew Tu Scholarship in Pharmacy to mark R U OK Day on 12 Sep.
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Contamination claims a beat-up: CMA
Friday | Sep 6 2019RESEARCH showing high levels of contamination of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs), is an attempt to "sully the term traditional medicine", according to Complementary Medicines Australia.
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RPHA slams discounters
Friday | Sep 6 2019RURAL pharmacists believe discounters and high-volume-low-care pharmacies threaten the viability of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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Sigma restructuring pain
Friday | Sep 6 2019SIGMA Healthcare says its current business transformation program is "on track," after announcing a significant fall in profit as it adapts to a new environment without the My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse business (PD breaking news).
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Chemist Warehouse free scripts plan
Thursday | Sep 5 2019CHEMIST Warehouse's plans to bring its free prescription offer from New Zealand to Australia is being stymied by "another fake narrative" from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the group's Chief Operating Officer, Mario Tascone, claims.
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SafeScript’s award win
Thursday | Sep 5 2019SAFESCRIPT has won an Australian Information Industry Association award.