Headlines
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Guild hails PBS decline
Friday | Dec 16 2016THE Pharmacy Guild has seized on figures released by the Department of Health which forecast PBS spending of $11.2 billion in 2015-16 will decline by $800 million the following year, to $10.4 billion.
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NSW SHPA 2016 awards
Thursday | Dec 15 2016THE NSW Branch of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), at its recent meeting, has presented awards to three members who "strove for excellency and continued to uphold high standards within the pharmacy profession".
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WA pharmacist sanctioned
Thursday | Dec 15 2016THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has published details of a tribunal case in which a Western Australian pharmacist has been reprimanded and had conditions imposed on her registration, after admitting to engaging in professional misconduct.
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Another POTY finalist
Thursday | Dec 15 2016CANBERRA'S Capital Chemist Wanniassa, ACT, has been named a finalist in the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Pharmacy of the Year award process.
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New wellness mobile app
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016CHEMIST Warehouse Group (CWG) has launched a new TVC campaign 'Another Life Saved' to support the new Wellness@YourFingertips Mobile App initiative first released on 11 Dec 2016.
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TGA international strategy
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has outlined how it will interact with overseas organisations going forward, with a new International Engagement Strategy 2016-2020 articulating the agency's "key international business priorities".
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New severe asthma hope
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016RESEARCH pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has flagged a possible Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listing of its new therapy for severe refractory eosinophilic asthma early in 2017.
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Priceline key focus for API
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016THE Priceline Pharmacy network is a vital part of the Australian Pharmaceutical Industries strategy, with the company saying it will continue to capitalise on its strengths in the health and beauty retail market in the coming year.
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Monash pharmacist medal
Monday | Dec 12 2016ASSOCIATE Professor Michelle McIntosh from the Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has been jointly awarded the Dr John Dixon Hughes Medal for Medical Research Innovation by the National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation.
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GP career path preferred
Monday | Dec 12 2016THE most popular pharmacist career identified by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's new "Career Pathways" portal is as a General Practice Pharmacist, with almost 1,700 pharmacists across Australia having used the online tool since its launch at the PSA16 conference in Jul.