Headlines
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TGA shortages guidance
Thursday | Nov 29 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has released new resources on the upcoming medicines shortages reforms, which will see mandatory reporting of items in short supply starting from 01 Jan.
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Federal MPs back Guild
Wednesday | Nov 28 2018POLITICIANS of all persuasions last night pledged their support for Australian community pharmacy at the Pharmacy Guild of Australia's annual Parliamentary Dinner.
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PBS key for health – Tambassis
Wednesday | Nov 28 2018PHARMACY Guild National President George Tambassis last night highlighted the key role of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, noting that the dispensing of PBS medicines in Australia was a "very effective public-private partnership".
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Union targets Chemist Warehouse
Wednesday | Nov 28 2018THE National Union of Workers yesterday slammed what it described as a "widespread culture of sexual harassment, bullying, and exploitation of labour hire casuals" at Chemist Warehouse distribution centres in Preston and Somerton in Victoria.
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Guild Parliamentary Dinner
Wednesday | Nov 28 2018SEVERAL hundred Australian pharmacy leaders gathered in the Great Hall of Australian Parliament House last night for the 2018 Pharmacy Guild of Australia annual Parliamentary Dinner.
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AHPRA to act on privacy
Tuesday | Nov 27 2018THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has announced a review of its policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding the confidentiality of people who make notifications about health professionals.
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PSA honours Vic pharmacists
Tuesday | Nov 27 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) recognised the contributions of pharmacists in a ceremony at the 2018 Victorian Pharmacists' Dinner last week.
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SHPA opioid epidemic alert
Monday | Nov 26 2018A landmark report released by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has highlighted the urgent need for a "coordinated multidisciplinary response" to stem a looming opioid "epidemic".
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Alphapharm valsartan recall
Monday | Nov 26 2018ALPHAPHARM, trading as Mylan Australia, has initiated a nationwide consumer-level recall of all batches of its Dilart and Dilart HCT valsartan medicines in Australia.
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SHPA honours Ian Coombes
Monday | Nov 26 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has named Associate Professor Ian Coombes as the recipient of Fred J Boyd Award, acknowledging his passion and dedication for practitioner growth, pharmacy research and developing leading pharmacy services.
