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OTC sildenafil pharmacy fail
Thursday | Sep 27 2018AUTHORITIES in New Zealand have highlighted a high proportion of pharmacists inappropriately supplying erectile dysfunction medication sildenafil.
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Researchers challenge TGA
Thursday | Sep 27 2018RESEARCHERS from Monash University and Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM) have argued that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) "has failed, and will continue to fail, in its duty to protect Australians from ineffective health products".
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DDS leads satisfaction poll
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018DISCOUNT Drug Stores (DDS) has once again taken out the top honours in the monthly Customer Satisfaction Awards conducted by Roy Morgan Research, with the Sigma Healthcare brand winning the survey in Aug 2018 for the fourth month running.
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#yourmedicineexperts
Wednesday | Sep 26 2018SOME members of the Australian pharmacy sector celebrated World Pharmacists Day yesterday with a social media initiative seeing them post images of their pharmacist teams with the hashtag #yourmedicineexperts.
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Pharmacists celebrated
Tuesday | Sep 25 2018TODAY marks World Pharmacists Day, with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) highlighting a parliamentary tribute to the profession last week by Member for Dobell and pharmacist Emma McBride.
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National Pharmacies hails suppliers
Tuesday | Sep 25 2018SOUTH Australia-based National Pharmacies has honoured its top suppliers for 2018 in a ceremony at Adelaide Oval last Thu 20 Sep.
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Pharmacists can support GPs
Tuesday | Sep 25 2018ALLOWING pharmacists to operate "to the full extent of their training and abilities" would help ease the growing pressure on general practitioners "facing a mental health epidemic," said the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch yesterday.
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New Teva program goes live
Monday | Sep 24 2018COMMUNITY pharmacies are being invited to participate in a new Teva Wake Patient Program conducted in partnership with PharmaPrograms, providing opportunities for additional professional services income.
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Consumers pro Amazon Rx
Monday | Sep 24 2018MORE than 70% of Amazon customers in the United States would be willing to purchase prescription drugs through the online retailer, according to the results of a new survey carried out by German investment bank Deutsche Bank.
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Hunt flags Guild anniversary
Monday | Sep 24 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has helped mark the 90th anniversary of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, by giving the organisation the Australian flag which was displayed in the House of Representatives on 20 Aug 2018 - exactly 90 years since the first ever meeting of the Guild's National Council in 1928.