Headlines
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Revised ad consultation
Friday | Aug 10 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is seeking further feedback on major changes to advertising for therapeutic goods, after stakeholders making submissions to an earlier consultation (PD 22 Jan) called for further opportunities to provide more input on the initiative.
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Pfizer $10k pharmacist grant
Friday | Aug 10 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists (SHPA) and Pfizer yesterday jointly announced the return of the $10,000 Pfizer Young Pharmacist Grant for 2018.
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Aged care innovation
Thursday | Aug 9 2018OPPORTUNITIES for community pharmacies to collaborate and innovate in aged care was the topic of a presentation made last week to Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) by Victorian Pharmacy Guild president Anthony Tassone.
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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".