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Pharmacies sell contaminated CAMs
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019COMPLEMENTARY and alternative medicines (CAMs) tainted with over-the-counter (OTC) molecules, animal DNA and potential allergens including nuts, are being sold through some of Australia's largest pharmacy groups, a study reveals.
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AMA urged to “learn more about pharmacy”
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019AUSTRALIAN Medical Association (AMA) representatives are being urged to learn a little more about the skills pharmacists possess before dictating their scope of practice.
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Pharmacy Guild Health Care Home push
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has strongly encouraged pharmacies located close to participating Health Care Home (HCH) practices to meet with practice staff "to discuss how your pharmacy can support their HCH patients through the Community Pharmacy in Health Care Homes Trial Program" (PD 02 Jan).
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Meds not convenience commodities
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019CALLS to up-schedule paracetamol to Pharmacist-Only are being supported by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, in the wake of a study showing a 44.3% increase in hospitalisations between 2007/08 and 2016/17.
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Chemists’ Own ‘Help Us’
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019OVER-THE-COUNTER pharmacy brand, Chemists' Own, is working with 338 pharmacies across the country to raise funds for early learning centres in their communities.
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Community pharmacy attacks continue
Monday | Sep 2 2019COMMUNITY pharmacists are being accused of price gouging, with a fresh report from News Corp claiming dispensing fees "paid to chemists to stick a label on drugs" were significantly increasing the cost of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines.
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AMA goes “Wakefield”
Monday | Sep 2 2019CLAIMS by Australian Medical Association (AMA) President, Dr Tony Bartone, that pharmacists administered old vaccine stock to patients ahead of this years influenza season, are a "Wakefield statement", according to Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Interim CEO, Dr Shane Jackson.
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CWH moral high ground: AMA
Monday | Sep 2 2019DISCOUNT pharmacy group, Chemist Warehouse, will "hold the moral authority" over the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), while the organisation continues to support the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the sale of "pseudo-science", according to Australian Medical Association (AMA) WA President, Dr Andrew Miller.
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AMA claims Guild bullies minister Hunt
Friday | Aug 30 2019AUSTRALIAN Medicine Association President, Dr Tony Bartone (pictured), has accused the Pharmacy Guild of Australia of bullying Federal politicians, on ABC Radio's Nightlife program.
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MedAdvisor “dominates”
Friday | Aug 30 2019MEDICATION management platform, MedAdvisor, is continuing to lead the Australian market, with more than 55% of community pharmacies using its PlusOne system, the company's annual report reveals.