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PSA slammed on homeopathy
Thursday | Jun 29 2017THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has "not been strong enough on homeopathic products," according to an article published in The Conversation by the Queensland University of Technology's Professor of Pharmacy Greg Kyle and associate lecturer Katherine Brown.
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SHPA hosts Future Summit
Wednesday | Jun 28 2017THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia yesterday opened registrations for its annual two-day incubator of ideas titled Future Summit 2017.
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Location rule fraud exposed
Wednesday | Jun 28 2017THE Federal Court of Australia has ordered that a company trust called Slopen Main belonging to pharmacist Ross Darnell must have its application to set up a pharmacy "set aside" with opposition from two pharmacies in Cove Hill Shopping Centre in Bridgewater near Hobart, namely Elizabeth Hope Priceline Pharmacy and Brighton Pharmacy.
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Digital ad spending climbs
Tuesday | Jun 27 2017PHARMACEUTICAL marketers in Australia are increasingly utilising online channels to promote their products, with new data collated by advertising analytics firm Standard Media Index indicating a shift in spending from content sites into social media and "programmatic" online advertising.
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Friendlies vaccination surge
Tuesday | Jun 27 2017WESTERN Australia's Friendlies Pharmacy Group has this week achieved more than 22,000 flu vaccinations for the season, eclipsing last year's campaign by 27% to date.
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Sigma launches pathology
Monday | Jun 26 2017SIGMA Healthcare has today launched pathology health screenings throughout its Amcal Pharmacy network across Australia.
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ACT pharmacists to vax
Friday | Jun 23 2017THE ACT Pharmacist Vaccination Standards were amended this week to enable appropriately trained pharmacists to administer the diptheria, tetanus, a-cellular pertussis (dTpa) vaccine to adults without a prescription.
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Review report criticised
Friday | Jun 23 2017YESTERDAY'S release of the much-anticipated interim report from the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation (PD breaking news) has attracted mixed feedback, with the Guild, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and wholesalers all expressing concerns about the document.
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Guild flags codeine plan
Thursday | Jun 22 2017THE Pharmacy Guild says it wants to work constructively with governments to maintain "direct pharmacy access" to medicines containing codeine for the temporary relief of acute pain - despite the up-scheduling of these items effective 01 Feb 2018.
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Review report ‘imminent’
Thursday | Jun 22 2017THE Pharmacy Guild says it believes the long-anticipated Interim Report of the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review is likely to be released in the next week or so.