News
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Travel Specials 22 Nov 18
Thursday | Nov 22 2018WELCOME to Pharmacy Daily’s travel feature where each week we highlight a couple of great travel.
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Zepatier Dec price slash
Thursday | Nov 22 2018MSD Australia will next month significantly reduce the price of its Zepatier (elbasivir/grazoprevir) medication for Hepatitis C.
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Barcode scanning concern
Thursday | Nov 22 2018A brisbane community pharmacist has raised concerns about the barcode scan rates recorded in a widely used community pharmacy dispensing software, urging the Pharmacy Board of Australia to act to improve medication safety.
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Harvey red-faced on hangover remedy
Thursday | Nov 22 2018KEN Harvey has asked that Pharmacy Daily print a correction, after he lodged a complaint with the Therapeutic Goods Administration about a hangover product which did not actually contain the ingredient he was concerned about (PD yesterday).
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Pharmacist pleads guilty over Gardasil
Thursday | Nov 22 2018PHARMACIST Katherine Gong yesterday pleaded guilty to three counts of prohibition on wholesale supply of certain substances.
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Healthcare via super-market or pharmacy?
Thursday | Nov 22 2018PERCEIVED competence, benevolence and provision of accurate information have been shown to be the decision drivers in a consumer's choice of complementary medicine purchase supplier, according to new Australian research.
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Dementia carer plight
Thursday | Nov 22 2018NEW international research from Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) reveals that dementia carers need more support and guidance from health professionals to navigate end-of-life care for their loved one.
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Health Care Homes can discard MHR
Thursday | Nov 22 2018DESPITE the initial requirement for patients participating in the Health Care Homes (HCH) trial to have a My Health Record (MHR), the Department of Health has eased the condition, according to a report in Pulse+IT.
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Potential diabetes screening tool
Thursday | Nov 22 2018SKIN autofluorescence can predict type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death according to new research published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
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TGA cup guidance
Thursday | Nov 22 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has published new guidance on the regulation of menstrual cups in Australia.
