Headlines
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Review credibility cloud
Thursday | Jan 12 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has again called on the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review to disclose its dealings with Deloitte Australia to address concerns that the Review's independence and credibility have been compromised (PD 20 Dec 16).
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Statins underprescribed
Wednesday | Jan 11 2017YOUNGER adults are being shortchanged in the treatment of their hyperlipidaemia by being refused statin therapy when indicated, according to findings published in JAMA Cardiology.
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MedAdvisor growth surge
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017AUSTRALIAN listed online medication management company MedAdvisor has made yet another strategic acquisition bringing in a network of 100,000 patients who can be introduced to the company's tools to manage their medication and prescription history.
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Children’s sunscreen safe
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017THROWING its support behind the use of sunscreens for children, the Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has clarified many of the issues surrounding the recent controversy of complaints against the Cancer Council's Peppa Pig Kids Sunscreen (PD 06 Jan).
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FDA hits deceptive adverts
Monday | Jan 9 2017ACCORDING to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), how well consumers and healthcare professionals are able to identify deceptive information plays a role in the agency's enforcement approach.
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Revisit codeine decision?
Monday | Jan 9 2017NORTH Queensland's Calanna Whole Health Pharmacy group is calling for a rethink on the controversial decision to reschedule codeine-containing medicines to prescription-only, announced by the Therapeutic Goods Administration just before Christmas (PD 20 Dec).
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Council defends Peppa spray
Friday | Jan 6 2017CANCER Council Australia has come out strongly defending its Peppa Pig-branded sunscreen as a widely used long-standing product which has sold more than 250,000 bottles with very few complaints registered, most of which related to the pump spray, not the product itself.
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Dispensing war of words
Friday | Jan 6 2017PHARMACY Guild National President George Tambassis has today responded to an article in the Australian Financial Review, defending the Guild's ongoing push to recoup $82 million in pharmacy remuneration which has been unpaid due to lower than expected prescription volumes (PD 01 Dec).
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WA non-compliance alert
Thursday | Jan 5 2017THE Pharmacy Registration Board of Western Australia has issued a formal statement noting that proprietors of registered pharmacy premises are signing declarations of compliance with the Pharmacy Act, Pharmacy Regulations and the Board's Guidelines "without satisfying themselves as to the compliance of all items".
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CHF safety net changes
Thursday | Jan 5 2017THE Consumers Health Forum has urged the government to reform the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme safety net, so consumers with high usage of PBS medicines can smooth out their annual co-payments.