Headlines
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IQVIA new name for QuintilesIMS
Wednesday | Nov 8 2017NEW York listed QuintilesIMS has announced that it will be changing its name to IQVIA, a company dedicated to using analytics and science to help healthcare stakeholders find better solutions for their patients.
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PDL compounding concern
Wednesday | Nov 8 2017PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited has highlighted the ongoing evolution of compounding in Australia as representing "a particularly high regulatory concern at the present time".
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Pharmacy investigators honoured
Tuesday | Nov 7 2017TWO prominent pharmacy researchers have been recognised at last week's Health Services Research Association of Australia & New Zealand (HSRAANZ) conference on the Gold Coast.
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Guild pushes back on AZ
Tuesday | Nov 7 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has added its voice to the chorus of protests against AstraZeneca's (AZ's) direct distribution move (PD 31 Oct), with the Guild confirming that it is "actively lobbying Health Minister Hunt.
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Blockchain script solution
Tuesday | Nov 7 2017DIGITAL disruption is coming to prescriptions, with the launch of a new Australian start-up company which promises to provide secure and centralised digital prescriptions using so-called 'Blockchain Technology' - the same principle behind internet currency Bitcoin.
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Guild-Priceline training link
Monday | Nov 6 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Priceline Pharmacy have entered into a partnership arrangement to provide key training and education services to all Priceline Pharmacy team members.
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Codeine claims ’emotive’
Monday | Nov 6 2017THE current debate regarding the proposed rescheduling of over the counter (OTC) codeine-containing products to prescription only has driven some individuals and organisations to make claims "which are emotive and erroneous" according to the president of the NSW Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Professor Peter Carroll.
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Concern over AZ direct move
Monday | Nov 6 2017PHARMACIES are being urged to contact their local MP, Health Minister Greg Hunt, the Pharmacy Guild and AstraZeneca (AZ) over the company's move to shift about a quarter of its products to direct distribution (PD 30 Oct).
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NZ pharmacists under threat
Friday | Nov 3 2017THE advent of Chemist Warehouse across the Tasman (PD Mon) is one of several significant threats to New Zealand pharmacies sector, according to a new report benchmarking the New Zealand pharmacy sector.
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TGA nods FreeStyle for kids
Thursday | Nov 2 2017CHILDREN can now be liberated from the pain of routine finger pricks through continuous diabetes sensing technology Abbott's FreeStyle Libre which the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has now approved for children aged 4-17 years.