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TGA CM advertising debate
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018BOTH science and civil society organisations have continued to raise a storm over the passage through parliament the 2017 Measures No.1 Bill, according to an MJA Insight article.
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Pharmacy training offers
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has announced it has resumed training for community pharmacy qualifications across Australia for pharmacy staff, including dispensary and pharmacy assistants.
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‘Pharmacy first’ says NHS
Monday | Feb 19 2018PARENTS of young children with minor illnesses should take them to pharmacies rather than GPs or an A&E, a new NHS England campaign says, reports the BBC.
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Med cannabis challenges
Monday | Feb 19 2018WITH society's growing demand for access to medicinal cannabis, physicians and regulators are facing "significant challenges" keeping pace, according to Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) authors writing in the MJA.
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Pulling back the PBS veil
Friday | Feb 16 2018ACKNOWLEDGING that many Australians are unaware of the processes involved in bringing new medicines to Australia, Pharmaceutical research giant GSK and ViiV have joined to create a new report intended to "pull back the curtain" on the PBS.
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Pharmacy tobacco sales?
Friday | Feb 16 2018DRAMATICALLY changing the retail distribution of tobacco products so they become available exclusively in pharmacies, is a strategy explored by University of Otago, New Zealand researchers.
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Pharmacist-led Rx education
Friday | Feb 16 2018PHARMACIST-LED education for junior doctors has proved to be effective in reducing prescription writing errors in a Melbourne study published in the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia's Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research.
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Merger boosts TWG result
Thursday | Feb 15 2018TERRY White Group's (TWG) merger with Chemmart in Oct 2016 (PD 27 Oct 16) has delivered a "substantial increase" to revenue and earnings, according to its financial statements for the half year to 31 Dec 2017.
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ACT real-time monitoring
Thursday | Feb 15 2018THE ACT Government has committed to implementing real-time prescription monitoring in the next 12 months, according to the Territory's Health and Well-Being Minister, Meegan Fitzharris.
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No sunset on location rule
Wednesday | Feb 14 2018AS A key element of the 2017 Pharmacy Compact, the National Health Amendment passed by the Senate yesterday abolishes the sunset clause of the Location Rules, ensuring that the rules do not automatically expire at the end of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA) in Jun 2020.