Headlines
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H&S above the rest
Thursday | Aug 1 2019MORE than 15.7 million Australians aged 14+ bought shampoo in an average six months in the year to Mar 2019, with Head & Shoulders (H&S) on top at 16.4% of market share, according to data from a Roy Morgan Single Source survey.
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Change essential to PSA’s future
Wednesday | Jul 31 2019OPERATIONAL changes being implemented by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) at a national level are critical to ensuring it is "fit for the future", CEO, Dr Shane Jackson believes.
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TWC lifts off with Qantas
Wednesday | Jul 31 2019TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC)has unveiled details of its exclusive partnership with Qantas Frequent Flyer program announced in May (PD 28 May), to coincide with today's national consumer launch.
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Medicines optimisation tool – MOAT
Wednesday | Jul 31 2019WITH medicines optimisation a key role for pharmacists, UK researchers have developed and evaluated a Medicines Optimisation Assessment Tool (MOAT), describing it as a "prognostic model to target hospital pharmacists' input to prevent medication-related problems".
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The cost of PBS price disclosure
Tuesday | Jul 30 2019PHARMACISTS need to be empowered to make decisions around therapeutic substitution in the face of persistent medicines shortages, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) CEO, Dr Shane Jackson, believes.
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Scope and salaries need boost: PSA
Monday | Jul 29 2019PHARMACISTS need to be empowered to use their full scope of practice and base salaries should increase to a minimum of $80,000 by 2023, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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QUM a priority: Hunt
Monday | Jul 29 2019PHARMACISTS are being urged to lobby their State or Territory Health Ministers to ensure the Federal Government's plan to make quality use of medicines a national health priority comes to fruition.
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Community pharmacist gong
Monday | Jul 29 2019COMMUNITY pharmacist Brad Butt (pictured) from Cooleman Court Pharmacy, ACT, has been announced as the Australian Patients Association's inaugural Most Outstanding Community Pharmacist of the Year at the association's annual awards night in Melbourne last week.
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Guild backs AMA vax plan
Friday | Jul 26 2019CALLS by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for all adults to be given free "catch-up" shots of National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccinations are being backed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Untreated Hep C concern
Friday | Jul 26 2019DESPITE the listing of highly effective hepatitis C medicines on the PBS in 2016, as many as 58,000 Australians living with the virus are yet to "take advantage of new highly effective cures", according to the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA).
