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Sigma builds and rewards
Friday | Sep 8 2017SIGMA Healthcare yesterday announced a strong group building move with the acquisition of MPS, described as Australia's largest provider of dose administration aids to the aged care sector and community pharmacy across Australia (PD Breaking News yesterday).
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Case by case S3 advertising
Thursday | Sep 7 2017AS OPPOSED to a default arrangement whereby all pharmacist-only medicines (S3) can be advertised directly to consumers, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has recommended advertising permissions be managed on a case by case basis, in its submission to the Therapeutic Goods Administration consultation relating to the advertising of S3 medicines.
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Thunderstorm asthma tools
Thursday | Sep 7 2017THE National Asthma Council of Australia has released a handy flowchart for pharmacists as a tool to identify and advise at-risk patients on thunderstorm asthma.
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Tasmania’s Priceline PATY
Thursday | Sep 7 2017LOCAL pharmacy assistant Samuel Vince (pictured), from Priceline Pharmacy Hobart, has been chosen to represent Tasmania at the National Finals of the 2017 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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Leaders line up for Pharmacy Connect
Wednesday | Sep 6 2017LAST weekend's Pharmacy Connect conference in Sydney has been acclaimed as an outstanding success, with more than 700 attendees from across the sector at the three day event.
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Pharmacy gives Advantage
Wednesday | Sep 6 2017REGIONAL and rural centres have often been neglected around the issue of drug addiction, but this week Victoria's Bairnsdale Advantage Pharmacy Managing Pharmacist Iain Cartney (pictured) took the opportunity to redress the attention deficit.
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New chemo funding alert
Wednesday | Sep 6 2017APPROVED chemotherapy suppliers will need to ensure they know their compounder ID prior to submitting a claim under new regulations controlling the funding of chemotherapy compounded products, the PBS has announced.
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Pharmacy games grow
Tuesday | Sep 5 2017VICTORIA'S Pharmacy Social Society has announced a significant expansion of the "summer games" competition to include all major Melbourne public hospital groups.
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Industry Award changes
Tuesday | Sep 5 2017CHANGES to the Pharmacy Industry Award approved by the Fair Work Commission will become effective next Mon 11 Sep, including more flexibility for pharmacies to employ school students in part-time roles.
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Arrow hits Amneal target
Monday | Sep 4 2017ARROW Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd has announced the completion of its acquisition of the Australian retail pharmacy business of US generics firm Amneal Pharmaceuticals, with the deal said to cement Arrow as "Australia's fastest growing generic pharmaceutical company" (PD breaking news Fri).
