Headlines
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Blackmores to advise China
Tuesday | Jun 20 2017AUSTRALIAN-LISTED natural health company Blackmores has been named to take a key leadership advisory role for the China Association for Quality Inspection (CAQI), a "high level non-profit Chinese organisation with responsibility for product quality inspection".
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Medlab cannabis studies
Tuesday | Jun 20 2017AUSTRALIAN-LISTED Medical life science company, Medlab Clinical Limited, has announced it has received Human Research Ethics Committee approvals by the Northern Sydney Local District, the Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, to begin human trials of two different patent pending cannabis-based medicines.
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CHS wins defence contract
Monday | Jun 19 2017SIGMA Healthcare says its new pharmaceutical supply contract with the Department of Defence (PD breaking news Fri) is a "great step in implementing our business strategy to diversify our earnings away from PBS and move to a more holistic healthcare model".
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Sanofi ‘Click & collect’ deal
Friday | Jun 16 2017SANOFI Consumer Healthcare has confirmed that its Bio-Organics Glycemix website will be connected to the Pharmacy Guild's new Click and Collect network - making the product available for consumers to purchase online and 'click and collect' at participating Guild member pharmacies.
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Minfos software upgrade
Friday | Jun 16 2017EBOS offshoot Minfos has released a major upgrade of its pharmacy software platform, with significant enhancements including a new modern design and automatic product updates, scripts on file alert and named discount functionality.
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TGA launches meds app
Thursday | Jun 15 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration is urging pharmacists to help promote a new 'MedSearch' smartphone app, which aims to provide users with up-to-date, easy to access Consumer Medicine Information and Product Information for registered prescription medicines.
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Pharmacy palliative care $200k
Thursday | Jun 15 2017NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard this week announced a $200,000 package for "community pharmacy initiatives to improve medication management for palliative care patients".
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New dispensing guidelines
Wednesday | Jun 14 2017THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has opened consultation on revised Dispensing Practice Guidelines, after a review to support implementation of revised Professional Practice Standards.
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Hospital drug shortages
Wednesday | Jun 14 2017PHARMACEUTICAL therapy shortages in hospitals are more prevalent than previously understood, according to a Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) snapshot survey of pharmacists across Australian hospitals.
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Analgesics appropriate – ASMI
Tuesday | Jun 13 2017PARACETAMOL-IBUPROFEN combination medicines are safe and effective for the short-term relief of acute pain when taken in accordance with the directions on the label, the Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) says.