Headlines
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New pharmacy trial topics
Tuesday | Oct 25 2016HEALTH Minister Sussan Ley has announced the next round of grants for the Pharmacy Trial Program, with proposals sought for trials under four key priority areas:.
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Larger S8 safes required
Monday | Oct 24 2016PHARMACIES in Victoria have been urged to consider the installation of larger drug safes, as a result of the introduction of new Schedule 8 poisons as well as the addition of new strengths of existing S8 products (PD 23 Sep 16).
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EMA transparency impact
Monday | Oct 24 2016EFFECTIVE immediately, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced open access to clinical reports for new medicines for human use authorised in the European Union.
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EBOS $18m for TWC stake
Monday | Oct 24 2016SHAREHOLDERS in Terry White Group Limited have approved the company's merger with Chemmart (PD 04 Aug) at an extraordinary general meeting held last Fri.
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WA pharmacist charged
Friday | Oct 21 2016MEDIA reports surfaced in Western Australia yesterday that a prominent Fiona Stanley Hospital pharmacist is facing charges for stealing heavy-duty opioids and using them in his car.
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MedAdvisor hospital pact
Friday | Oct 21 2016LISTED digital medication adherence platform MedAdvisor has announced an extension of its agreement with Bupa, meaning patients with the health insurer will be offered the MedAdvisor system when they are discharged from certain Healthscope hospitals.
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Trial program “slow rollout”
Thursday | Oct 20 2016PHARMACY Guild executive director David Quilty says community pharmacies are "increasingly concerned about the slow rollout of the $50 million Pharmacy Trial Program (PTP)".
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Alliance partners with MPS
Thursday | Oct 20 2016PHARMACY Alliance will take advantage of MPS automated medication management systems in a new partnership aimed at cutting time spent on manual packing.
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API profit surges to $51m
Thursday | Oct 20 2016AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries this morning released its financial results for the year to 31 Aug, with a healthy 18% increase in underlying net profit after tax to $51.4 million.
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US professional services push
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016AMERICA'S National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is urging independent pharmacies to band together in local networks to provide "enhanced services" to their patients.