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Top Tassie pharmacy assistants
Thursday | Sep 6 2018PHARMACY assistant Amy Peatling (pictured top) from Geeveston Pharmacy has been chosen to represent Tasmania at the National Finals of the 2018 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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Sigma profit slides 40.8%
Thursday | Sep 6 2018SIGMA Healthcare this morning reported its results for the six months to 31 Jul, with statutory earnings before interest and tax of $25.3m, down 40.8%.
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Tone down turf-war words
Thursday | Sep 6 2018PHARMACY Guild of Australia executive director David Quilty has called for a moderation of language around pharmacists "expanding" their services, or "enhancing" their scope of practice.
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Paid pain MedsCheck trial
Thursday | Sep 6 2018THE Health Department is calling for expressions of interest from pharmacies wishing to take part in the $20 million Chronic Pain MedsCheck Trial, announced earlier this year by Health Minister Greg Hunt (PD 29 Jan 2018).
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FIP harm reduction call
Thursday | Sep 6 2018GOVERNMENTS need to work more with pharmacists in providing harm reduction services, fully involving them in the development of any policies regarding medical or recreational cannabis, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has said in a new Statement of Policy released at its Glasgow conference this week.
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Finkel term extended
Thursday | Sep 6 2018THE Australian Government has extended Dr Alan Finkel's term as Australia's chief scientist for a further two years to the end of 2020.
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$6m for T1D kids
Thursday | Sep 6 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has announced a new $6 million schools program to support children living with diabetes.
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Women’s Health Week
Thursday | Sep 6 2018THIS week is Women's Health Week with the theme centred around "turning up the volume on women's health by giving a voice to the 'silent' topics and bringing them out into the open", said Jean Hailes for Women's Health.
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Secarna-Firebrand tie
Thursday | Sep 6 2018BIOPHARMACEUTICAL company Secarna Pharmaceuticals has entered into a co-development agreement with Firebrand Therapeutics using their combined resources and specific expertise in pursuing "novel targets playing a key role in cancer metastasis".
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Pharmacy flu vax success this year
Thursday | Sep 6 2018THE latest national influenza data reflects the major impact arising from the committed effort the community pharmacy sector has put into raising vaccination rates across Australia.
