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Guild blasts opponents
Thursday | Aug 9 2018PHARMACY Guild executive director David Quilty has launched a broadside at a rising tide of opposition to pharmacist ownership of community pharmacy, classifying naysayers as either "ideologues", "commercial opportunists" or "perennially confused".
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TGA gives valsartan all-clear
Thursday | Aug 9 2018NO VALSARTAN medicines sold in Australia have been affected by an issue which has seen a number of recalls issued in Europe and the USA in recent weeks (PD 11 Jul).
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Regulation reform plan
Wednesday | Aug 8 2018THE Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Health Council has issued a new consultation paper canvassing a range of possible changes to the National Law governing regulation of health professionals in Australia.
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NAPSA $25k Fullife funding
Tuesday | Aug 7 2018THE National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association recently handed over a gigantic novelty cheque for $25,230.61 to pharmacist Ian Shanks, the founder of the Fullife Foundation.
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In-pharmacy screening tick
Tuesday | Aug 7 2018COMMUNITY pharmacies are well suited to deliver a wide range of point-of-care tests, according to a paper published in Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy.
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Ramsay deregulation push
Monday | Aug 6 2018THE Ramsay Pharmacy Group has urged "partial deregulation" of the Australian pharmacy sector, with a proposal that any person could own a pharmacy apart from industries and individuals with a clear conflict of interest, such as supermarkets, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and retailers of tobacco and alcohol.
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Banana Boat vindicated
Friday | Aug 3 2018THE suppliers of Banana Boat sunscreens have welcomed the withdrawal of a potential class action lawsuit by Bannister Legal (PD breaking news), saying the proposed case was based on "unreliable claims about the performance of Banana Boat aerosol products".
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MHR move widely backed
Thursday | Aug 2 2018THERE has been broad support for the My Health Record (MHR) changes announced by Health Minister Greg Hunt to strengthen the privacy provisions of the platform (PD yesterday).
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‘Rainbow’ baby book plan
Thursday | Aug 2 2018AUSTRALIA'S states and territories have confirmed an agreement to move towards a nationally harmonised baby book system, so that immunisations and growth milestones for infants can be recorded in digital form consistently across all jurisdictions.
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Cannabis products launch today
Wednesday | Aug 1 2018FOUR new medicinal cannabis items can be ordered by community pharmacists effective from today, with the addition of Canndeo Limited hemp-based products to the PharmaPrograms' Medicinal Cannabis Medicines Portal (MCMP) (PD 12 Sep 2017).