News
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NHS scam probe
Tuesday | Oct 16 2018THE National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has launched a campaign targeting pharmacists claiming payments for services they have not carried out.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Oct 16 2018
16 Oct 18IMAGINE a Christmas get-together with this family.
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National pharmacy vax plan
Monday | Oct 15 2018STATE and Territory Health Ministers from across the country have taken a key step towards the establishment of a nationally consistent approach to pharmacist administered vaccination.
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Vic MMR jabs next week
Monday | Oct 15 2018PHARMACISTS in Victoria will be able to immunise patients with the MMR vaccine from next Mon 22 Oct, with the age of access for pharmacist vaccinations in the state also lowered to 16 years.
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PSS overseas exploration
Monday | Oct 15 2018PHARMACISTS' Support Service (PSS) Executive Officer Kay Dunkley recently visited the UK to meet some of her foreign counterparts at the International Practitioner Health Summit 2018.
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Who is Arrotex?
Monday | Oct 15 2018THE ACCC-approved merger of generic medicines giants Arrow Pharmaceuticals and Apotex Australia & NZ last month (PD 21 Sep) has created a challenge in the creation of a single joint name that reflects the original company nomenclature.
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Humira biosimilar
Monday | Oct 15 2018NOVARTIS has announced that its generic division Sandoz is now free to market its tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor medicine adalimumab branded Hyrimoz, biosimilar-referenced to AbbVie's Humira.
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Mandatory reporting
Monday | Oct 15 2018THE COAG Health Council has approved the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Amendment (Tranche 1A) Bill, which includes new mandatory reporting provisions and other changes including the introduction of custodial sentences for people who falsely hold themselves out to be a registered health practitioner.
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New anxiety CM
Monday | Oct 15 2018MENARINI has launched Seremind, a new lavender oil-based over-the-counter treatment which it says has been "clinically tested to relieve symptoms of mild anxiety, nervous tension and improve sleep quality in adults".
