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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.
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Promisia court defence
Wednesday | Mar 13 2019PROMISIA, the publicly-listed New Zealand manufacturer of joint supplement Arthrem, is staunchly defending a prosecution by NZ regulator Medsafe, which has alleged the company breached the NZ Medicines Act 1981.
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Aspen share price plummets
Wednesday | Mar 13 2019FINANCIAL results released by South Africa-listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings last week have seen a major sell off of the company's shares and a significant decline in its share price.
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Nad’s Global Ambassadors
Wednesday | Mar 13 2019NATALIE Ismiel has now been ordained a Global Ambassador for Nad's (PD 12 Feb 2019), alongside her mother Sue, the founder/creator of the company.
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Coffs Amcal+ wins myPAK
Tuesday | Mar 12 2019AMCAL+ Coffs Harbour, NSW, was announced winner of myPak Solutions Alpaca DAA Robot promotion at APP on the weekend.