Headlines
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Cannabis industry group
Thursday | Feb 14 2019AUSTRALIA'S medicinal cannabis industry licensees have come together to form a national advocacy body to support the fledgling industry achieve health and economic benefits for Australians.
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RACGP slams Heffernan
Thursday | Feb 14 2019ALLEGATIONS about GPs practising so-called "turnstile medicine" by NSW Pharmacy Guild Branch President, David Heffernan, have attracted a robust response from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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PSA unveils 2023 vision
Wednesday | Feb 13 2019THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has this morning released its highly anticipated Pharmacists in 2023 report, highlighting 11 key "system changes" needed for the Australian health system to evolve to better use pharmacists, thus improving access to healthcare.
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Sigma strong to go it alone
Tuesday | Feb 12 2019SIGMA Healthcare has reiterated to shareholders its $75 million underlying profit guidance for 2018/19, signifying the company's "robust business" with an estimated greater than $100 million in cost savings through a proposed restructure (PD breaking news).
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Patients silent on CM use
Tuesday | Feb 12 2019ABOUT two in three patients who use complementary medicines (CMs) do not tell their GP or other health professionals what they are taking, according to a new University of Technology Sydney-led study published this month in the Scientific Reports journal.
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Blackmores slams 60 Minutes
Monday | Feb 11 2019BLACKMORES says a story about complementary medicines broadcast last night on Channel Nine's 60 Minutes program was "not accurate, and was unnecessarily alarmist".
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Medicare for pharmacists?
Friday | Feb 8 2019A new Medicare payment for non-dispensing pharmacists to provide medication management services to patients with complex care requirements has been proposed by the Allied Health Reference Group working on the government's Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) Review.
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CMA calls for health check
Friday | Feb 8 2019COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia (CMA) has urged the Government to evaluate whether regulatory reforms under the TGA's Medicines and Medical Devices Review are being "appropriately implemented".
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Advantage buys Nadglen
Thursday | Feb 7 2019ADVANTAGE Pharmacy Group's Queensland-based wholesale offshoot Arana Pharmacueticals has announced the acquisition of NSW pharmacy wholesaler Nadglen Pharmaceuticals.
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Guild slams GP “lunacy”
Thursday | Feb 7 2019THE release of the recent Productivity Commission report on primary and community health in Australia (PD 31 Jan 2019) has "exposed the lunacy of suggestions by doctor commentators that prescription pack sizes be increased to reduce the need for patients to visit their local community pharmacy as often," according to Pharmacy Guild Executive Director David Quilty.