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Drug shortages law passed
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018A NEW mandatory reporting scheme for medicines shortages has now become legislation, forcing pharmaceutical companies to report shortages of important medicines within two working days.
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Twomey team testimony
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018QUEENSLAND Pharmacy Guild branch president Trent Twomey and his pharmacist proprietor wife Georgina have both spoken this week before the Qld Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into the establishment of a Pharmacy Council and transfer of pharmacy ownership.
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Medlab cannabis export approval
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018LISTED Australian medical life sciences company, Medlab Clinical Ltd has announced it has received a Licence to Export Cannabis from the Office of Drug Control in Canberra, specifically relating to its first two cannabis-based medicines, NanaBis and NanaBidial.
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Woolcock courses
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018THE Woolcock Institute of Medical Research is conducting two new educational events.
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Education ordered
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018WESTERN Australia's State Administrative Tribunal has suspended the registration of a pharmacist for two months and ordered him to undertake education in ethics and dispensing, after he was found to have engaged in professional misconduct.
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New Rx drugs
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018NPS MedicineWise has summarised three new drugs that may cross your pharmacy store counter this month: benralizumab for asthma, dulaglutide for type 2 diabetes and trifluridine/tipiracil for colorectal cancer.
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New discoveries push
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018THE University of Sydney has launched a new Drug Discovery Initiative, aiming to "unite researchers, clinicians and industry to develop promising drugs and delivery methods to improve human health".
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Clinical pharmacist value highlighted
Wednesday | Sep 12 2018NEW research published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality has demonstrated the positive value of the clinical pharmacist in the Patient Care Medical Home Model (PCMH) - a multidisciplinary, team-based approach to healthcare that focuses on actively involving the patient in clinical decision making.
