Headlines
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NPS urges CM disclosure
Wednesday | Mar 20 2019PATIENTS taking complementary medicines have been formally advised to "reveal all to your pharmacist" in order to stay safe, according to a new update from NPS MedicineWise.
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Sacked for ‘sculling’ leftovers
Wednesday | Mar 20 2019CCTV footage of a pharmacist preparing a prescription and dispensing it, before "sculling" the leftover medication from a mixing bowl, cost him his job.
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TGA Brexit contingencies
Tuesday | Mar 19 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced details of transitional arrangements in the event of a "no deal" exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
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MedAdvisor woos investors
Tuesday | Mar 19 2019LISTED digital medicines management company MedAdvisor put considerable effort yesterday into presenting to potential and current investors its track record and future ambitions.
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NPSA upholds CSO standards
Monday | Mar 18 2019DISTRIBUTING the full range of PBS products to anywhere in Australia and generally within 24 hours, is the key deliverable for the Community Services Agreement (CSO) and needs to be valued, says the National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA).
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TWC switches ad agency
Friday | Mar 15 2019TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC) has appointed Brisbane-based creative agency VMLY&R to manage its marketing, with the deal including retail, digital, mass media and in-store channels for the 450-strong pharmacy group.
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Pharmacists drive down admissions
Friday | Mar 15 2019CLINICAL pharmacists in a multidisciplinary team in the UK town of Croydon, south of London, have helped reduce avoidable hospital admissions under a program which sees them work together with local GPs to discuss complex patients and also receive hospital discharge referrals.
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Medlab’s NanaBis ticking boxes
Friday | Mar 15 2019LISTED Australian medical life sciences company, Medlab Clinical has announced further strong data resulting from both clinical trial and approved Special Access Scheme (SAS) use of its nano-delivery form of cannabis, NanaBis.
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API drops Sigma takeover plan
Thursday | Mar 14 2019AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries has blasted Sigma's rejection of its takeover bid (PD breaking news yesterday), saying the Sigma Board had "chosen a path to restructure its significantly downsized business, rather than pursue a merger to create a future that benefits consumers, pharmacists and both sets of shareholders".
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Hospital to community meds
Thursday | Mar 14 2019THE Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) is today launching a trial in Box Hill, Victoria, to improve medicine safety for patients transitioning from hospital to community pharmacy.