Headlines
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Cut medicine harm – WHO
Tuesday | Aug 8 2017THE World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a challenge to governments across the globe, urging them to reduce the burden of medication-related harm by 50% within the next five years.
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CW slams location rules
Monday | Aug 7 2017CHEMIST Warehouse has blasted the Pharmacy Location Rules in Australia as "antiquated, anti-competitive and nonsensical".
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CW supports beach netball
Friday | Aug 4 2017BEACH Netball has announced a partnership with Australian Pharmacy retail group Chemist Warehouse in a major acquisition for Australia's fastest growing social netball festivals.
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AURA17 resistance action
Friday | Aug 4 2017A COMPREHENSIVE new report commissioned by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has identified specific strategic opportunities to combat antimicrobial resistance apparent from new data.
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TWC consumer campaign
Friday | Aug 4 2017TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC) is ramping up its growth development with the roll-out of its first nationwide consumer campaign under the new store branding.
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NPSA joins anti-Review chorus
Thursday | Aug 3 2017THE National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) has called for a more robust assessment of the role Australia's full-line wholesalers play in the delivery of the National Medicines Policy (NMP) in its response to the Review of Pharmacy Regulation and Remuneration's Interim Report.
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API warns of soft demand
Thursday | Aug 3 2017AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries yesterday halved its profit growth expectations, saying it now expects its results for the 12 months to 31 Aug to be up 5% on the previous financial year (PD breaking news yesterday).
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Victorian guideline revision
Thursday | Aug 3 2017THE Victorian Pharmacy Authority is inviting feedback on new draft guidelines, which specify that where dispensing stations are designed for forward dispensing "there should be at least one additional non-forward dispensing station which is not accessible to the public".
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Hospitals untapped resource
Wednesday | Aug 2 2017THE interim report of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation "fails to acknowledge or leverage the pivotal role of hospital pharmacists in ensuring Australians have appropriate and convenient access to medicines", according to the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA).
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New compounding guideline
Wednesday | Aug 2 2017THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has released its long-awaited guideline on the Compounding of Sterile Injectable Medicines, with the document replacing the section 'Expiry of compounded parental medicines' in the Board's Guidelines on compounding of medicines.