Headlines
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Aust CM business explodes
Thursday | Oct 26 2017AUSTRALIAN complementary medicines sales have more than doubled from $2.3 billion to $4.7 billion in just over three years according to Complementary Medicines Australia (CMA) ceo Carl Gibson, who yesterday unveiled the results of the 2017 Australian Complementary Medicines Industry Audit.
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WA launches pharmacy review
Thursday | Oct 26 2017THE Western Australian Government has launched a major review of community pharmacy ownership in the state, looking at the "adequacy of current WA ownership laws to protect the integrity of the sector".
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EBOS takes MedAdvisor stake
Wednesday | Oct 25 2017THE wide-ranging new agreement between EBOS and MedAdvisor (PD breaking news yesterday) is expected to see a significant acceleration of MedAdvisor's user base, with more than 5,000 patients per week being invited to sign up to MedAdvisor through an MoU relating to EBOS hospital-focused offshoot HPS.
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Pharmacy downgrade plan
Wednesday | Oct 25 2017A new report from the government's Productivity Commission has proposed the creation of a new class of pharmacy workers whose job would be to simply oversee machine dispensing.
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Goat milk formula goes off
Tuesday | Oct 24 2017MORE than 1,000 pharmacies across Australia are now stocking goat milk formuia Oli6, with the brand achieving substantial growth and success since its launch just 18 months ago.
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Diabetes pharmacy accreditation
Tuesday | Oct 24 2017THE National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC) has announced the release of its new Pharmacy Accreditation standards which are designed to support pharmacy-based diabetes services as they deliver best-practice care to people with, or at risk of diabetes.
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NSW compounding survey
Tuesday | Oct 24 2017COMMUNITY pharmacists are being asked to help "shape the future of compounding in NSW," as part of a project being undertaken by researchers from the University of Canberra.
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Preventive health failure
Monday | Oct 23 2017THE amount of money and attention on preventative healthcare on Australia is going backwards instead of forwards, and it's coming at a great cost, according to a new report from the McKell Institute, launched at the World Self Medication Industry (WSMI) General Assembly in Sydney last week.
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Location rules bill tabled
Monday | Oct 23 2017PHARMACY location rules will be protected beyond 2020 under the provisions of legislation tabled in Federal Parliament late last week.
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Intrepid Instigos raise $8K
Friday | Oct 20 2017FOUR Instigo staff took the leap to abseil down 33 floors down a Sydney CBD building, (on the somewhat inauspicious date of last Fri 13 Oct) to support young Australians facing addiction, mental health illness, homelessness and unemployment.