News
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Pfizer price rises
Monday | Nov 19 2018PFIZER has announced it will be raising the price of 41 drugs from early 2019, with a US announcement saying about 10% of its portfolio is affected.
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Nov 19 2018
19 Nov 18THIS week America takes some time out for its annual Thanksgiving celebrations - generally involving gorging on turkey with all the trimmings.
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Guild injects vax into ITP
Friday | Nov 16 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced that from 2019 all Guild Intern Training Program (ITP) enrolees will have free access to the Guild Vaccination Course for Pharmacists.
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Insulin injection ignorance
Friday | Nov 16 2018TWO in five insulin injection users have never been shown the correct needle size or the need to rotate the injection site, according to new data published from a survey conducted by the RACGP's Diabetes Specific Interest Network, reported in 6minutes.
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Al completes #Alswalkforlife
Friday | Nov 16 2018VETERAN Salvation Army suicide prevention campaigner 86 year old Alan Staines OAM has yesterday completed his walk from Canberra to Sydney promoting the message that we need more services for those bereaved by suicide.
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Cancer therapy costs
Friday | Nov 16 2018CANCER charities around Australia have banded together to call upon healthcare providers to inform patients around the costs of their cancer treatments.
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AHPRA appointments
Friday | Nov 16 2018THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and National Boards have welcomed 101 appointments and reappointments to National Boards across the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.
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Medicare & PBS pillars
Friday | Nov 16 2018PHARMACY Guild of Australia Executive Director David Quilty has reinforced to members, the public and political figures the central and complementary roles of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Medicare in Australia's internationally envied universal health system.
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ResMed completes MatrixCare purchase
Friday | Nov 16 2018NEW York-listed and ASX-listed medical software and device company ResMed has announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of Minnesota-based software company MatrixCare.
