Headlines
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National Pharmacies lifts staff
Friday | Nov 23 2018SOUTH Australia's National Pharmacies is launching a new employee wellbeing policy that includes 10 days' paid leave a year for staff who have experienced family or domestic violence.
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Zepatier Dec price slash
Thursday | Nov 22 2018MSD Australia will next month significantly reduce the price of its Zepatier (elbasivir/grazoprevir) medication for Hepatitis C.
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Barcode scanning concern
Thursday | Nov 22 2018A brisbane community pharmacist has raised concerns about the barcode scan rates recorded in a widely used community pharmacy dispensing software, urging the Pharmacy Board of Australia to act to improve medication safety.
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Guild CP2025 community health hub plans
Wednesday | Nov 21 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has released its Community Pharmacy 2025 Framework for Change document outlining the progress in planning for the morphing of community pharmacies into "community health hubs".
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Qld pharmacist urges Council
Wednesday | Nov 21 2018GOLD-COAST pharmacist Matthew Bellgrove has issued a public call for the Qld Government to reverse its recent decision not to establish a pharmacy council in the state (PD 17 Oct).
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Biosimilar uptake push
Tuesday | Nov 20 2018THE Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) has specified dispensing regulations around infliximab biosimilars in both private and public hospitals.
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Omega-3 tick for pregnancy
Tuesday | Nov 20 2018EXPECTANT mothers who up their omega-3 intake are less likely to have a premature baby, according to a new Cochrane review.
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New guide to reduce surgery
Tuesday | Nov 20 2018THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has updated its guideline for the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis, aiming to reduce over-reliance on measures such as surgery, imaging technology and medication.
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Pharmacy cuts hospitalisations
Monday | Nov 19 2018A UK campaign encouraging people to make pharmacy their first point of call for healthcare has kept almost 14,000 people out of hospitals over a three month period, Britain's minister for the pharmacy sector has claimed.
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Antimicrobial alert for aged care
Monday | Nov 19 2018RESIDENTS in aged care facilities are especially vulnerable to infections for many reasons, according to a newly released report coinciding with Antimicrobial Awareness Week.