Headlines
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Guild strikes back at AMA
Friday | Aug 11 2017THE Pharmacy Guild has blasted the Australian Medical Association's response to the Guild campaign on codeine rescheduling (PD yesterday) as a "disappointing misrepresentation of the Guild's approach".
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Ramsay defends procurement
Friday | Aug 11 2017RAMSAY Health has vigorously defended itself against allegations by the Pharmacy Guild that the company was inappropriately using hospital contracts and trading terms to source medicines for its pharmacies (PD yesterday).
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Top End’s Top Pharmacy Assistant
Friday | Aug 11 2017SALLY Edwards from United Chemists in Tennant Creek (pictured) has been chosen to represent the Northern Territory at the National Finals of the 2017 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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Ramsay supply questions
Thursday | Aug 10 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has alleged that Ramsay Health may be using hospital medicines purchasing contracts to supply community pharmacies in the Ramsay Pharmacy Group.
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Pharmacy codeine fail – AMA
Thursday | Aug 10 2017"PHARMACIST control of codeine does not work," according to a formal statement from the Australian Medical Association, which has urged all stakeholders to cooperatively implement the TGA decision to reschedule codeine products to prescription only (S4).
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Victoria monitoring laws
Wednesday | Aug 9 2017THE Victorian government will implement the state's own real-time prescription monitoring system in 2018 rather than the planned national Electronic Reporting and Recording of Controlled Drugs (ERRCD) system, with legislation for the project introduced into Victoria's parliament yesterday.
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CMs dominate submissions
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017IF IT were purely down to word count on objections to the Professor Stephen King review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, complementary medicines (CMs) issues, including homeopathy, appear to dominate.
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Cut medicine harm – WHO
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017THE World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a challenge to governments across the globe, urging them to reduce the burden of medication-related harm by 50% within the next five years.
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CW slams location rules
Monday | Aug 7 2017CHEMIST Warehouse has blasted the Pharmacy Location Rules in Australia as "antiquated, anti-competitive and nonsensical".
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CW supports beach netball
Friday | Aug 4 2017BEACH Netball has announced a partnership with Australian Pharmacy retail group Chemist Warehouse in a major acquisition for Australia's fastest growing social netball festivals.