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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Dec 10 2018
10 Dec 18AN unusual case reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last week has created a confronting picture of the phrase "coughing up a lung".
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MedAdvisor Thrivor stake
Friday | Dec 7 2018LISTED digital medicines management company MedAdvisor has announced a new partnership with emerging "software-as-a-service" platform Thrivor, assisting patients and their support networks when dealing with a serious illness.
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Chemists’ Own happy helpers
Friday | Dec 7 2018A TOTAL of 336 pharmacies across Australia participated this year in the Chemists' Own 'Help Us Help Our Local Community' initiative (PD yesterday), with state winners announced as:.
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Inter-professional communications
Friday | Dec 7 2018IT'S time to embed inter-professional communication into the education of pharmacy students to improve the patient journey and optimise the outcomes from medicines, Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) past president Professor Debra Rowett said during her speech at this year's Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom, AO Distinguished Lecture Series in Canberra last month.
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PPI + NOAC tick
Friday | Dec 7 2018NEW research has confirmed the importance of administering proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) concomitantly with warfarin or non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) such as rivaroxaban (Bayer's Xarelto), dabigatran (BI's Pradaxa) and apixaban (Pfizer's Eliquis).
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APC accredited
Friday | Dec 7 2018THE Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has confirmed its re-appointment as the Accreditation Authority for pharmacy for a further five-year period.
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Amcal, Guardian welcome AZ move
Friday | Dec 7 2018MARC Clavin, Chairman of the Amcal Guardian National Council says the news that AstraZeneca is transitioning away from exclusive direct supply arrangements (PD Mon) is a "great win for consumers, pharmacists and the industry at large - helping to ensure a more robust and safer supply chain for the future".
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St John of God research agreement
Friday | Dec 7 2018MEDICAL cannabis research and development activities are set to be undertaken at St John of God Subiaco Hospital in WA, under a two year Heads of Agreement signed with plant-based health firm Affinity Energy and Health Limited.
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Probiotic risks
Friday | Dec 7 2018JUST because a label on a bottle of probiotic supplements has some details around the live organisms included with estimated numbers per capsule, health professionals cannot assume the information is adequate to assure consumers of a positive risk-benefit ratio, according to an article published in JAMA Internal Medicine this month.
