Headlines
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TGA confirms codeine ruling
Tuesday | Dec 20 2016THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed its decision to upschedule products containing codeine to a prescription only status from over-the-counter (S2/3 to S4) (PD breaking news).
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Victorian top intern award
Tuesday | Dec 20 2016ROBERT Scarso of Chemist Warehouse Fairfield has been announced as the Victorian winner of the 2016 PSA-MIMS Victorian Intern of the Year award.
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Rhonda & Terry doctorates
Tuesday | Dec 20 2016QUEENSLAND University of Technology has awarded honorary doctorate degrees to Rhonda and Terry White (pictured), the pioneering Queensland pharmacy couple who co-founded the Terry White Group.
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Guild alleges Review conflict
Tuesday | Dec 20 2016THE Pharmacy Guild has identified what it describes as a serious conflict of interest for the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, in relation to consultancy firm Deloitte which has been contracted to advise the Review while also having consulted to Chemist Warehouse for its submission on reforming pharmacy ownership and location rules.
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Dispensary Corner 19 Dec 16
Monday | Dec 19 2016THE two lolly covered gingerbread houses (pictured) may look essentially the same, but one could kill.
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Nurofen fine upped to $6m
Monday | Dec 19 2016THE Full Federal Court has upheld an appeal by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which had filed a Notice of Appeal against the $1.7 million fine imposed upon Reckitt Benckiser (RB) for contravening Australian Consumer Law (PD 24 May 16).
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Review Panel interim report in Feb
Monday | Dec 19 2016THE Panel conducting the government's Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation has confirmed it will release its Interim Report in Feb 2017, "to allow everyone equal time and opportunity to consider and provide new feedback and comments".
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Sydney to offer CM course
Monday | Dec 19 2016THE Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney has announced the debut of a new Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Complementary Medicines.
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Good Price Pharmacy 15 years
Friday | Dec 16 2016GOOD Price Pharmacy Warehouse has celebrated its 15th anniversary with a move to a new National Support Office.
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Renewed call for RTM
Friday | Dec 16 2016REAL time monitoring (RTM) of drugs of dependence has been the subject of many talkfests, but very little action, according to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.