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Govt confirms CSO review
Wednesday | Jun 13 2018THE Health Department has launched a formal consultation on the Community Service Obligation Funding Pool Obligations, seeking feedback from the industry on a range of issues including direct supply of some drugs as well as new payment arrangements for high cost medicines.
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Jelly Bean Ball bounces
Wednesday | Jun 13 2018THIS year's DANII Foundation Jelly Bean Ball raised more than $300,000 to support people with type 1 diabetes, in an amazing show of support for the organisation which last year secured $54 million in government funding for Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) for T1D patients aged under 21.
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2025 plan at Pharmacy Connect
Wednesday | Jun 13 2018KEY outcomes of the Pharmacy Guild's "Community Pharmacy 2025" (CP2025) project will be presented during the upcoming Pharmacy Connect conference taking place in Sydney this Sep.
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ACCC probes Arrow, Apotex
Tuesday | Jun 12 2018THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched a review of the merger between Arrow Pharmaceuticals and Apotex (PD 09 May).
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CMA Shanghai mission
Tuesday | Jun 12 2018COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia (CMA) will be hosting the inaugural Australian Pavilion at the Healthplex Expo in Shanghai this week, showcasing several well-known Australian complementary medicines brands and involving over 110 delegates.
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S4, S8 entries for cannabis
Friday | Jun 8 2018THE TGA has released details of revised Poisons Standard entries for medicinal cannabis, with a proposed implementation date of 01 Oct this year.
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Monash, Eagle Health project
Friday | Jun 8 2018ASX-LISTED natural medicines company Eagle Health has entered into a research and development collaboration with the Monash University Food Innovation Centre in Melbourne.
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S3 advertising expansion
Thursday | Jun 7 2018THE list of Schedule 3 items allowed to be advertised to consumers is set for a significant boost, with the Therapeutic Goods Administration proposing the addition of 24 new substances to the existing 19 items on Appendix H of the Poisons Standard.
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NSW pharmacy vax call
Thursday | Jun 7 2018PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Australia (PSA) NSW president, Professor Peter Carroll and Pharmacy Guild NSW president David Heffernan have issued a formal proposal to NSW Health to bring the state into line with other states when it comes to pharmacist administered vaccination.
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Advancing Practice
Wednesday | Jun 6 2018
round 2APPLICATIONS are now being invited for the second round of pharmacists wanting to be recognised under the new centralised Advancing Practice initiative (PD 05 Mar).