News
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Continence early bird
Friday | Aug 31 2018THE 24th National Conference on Incontinence is being held in Hobart, Tasmania, 24-27 Oct and early bird registration closes Wed 05 Sep, with a potential saving of $165 off full registration later.
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MedAdvisor extends into hospitals
Friday | Aug 31 2018LISTED digital medicine management company MedAdvisor has announced it has inked a deal with HPS, a subsidiary of EBOS Group and Australia's largest provider of outsourced pharmacy services to private hospitals, to develop and pilot an integrated medication management solution for use in hospitals.
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Spinraza AusPAR
Friday | Aug 31 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has published an Australian Public Assessment Report for new chemical entity Biogen's Spinraza (nusinersen), indicated for treatment of 5q Spinal Muscular Atrophy - tga.gov.au.
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Vet MATES on PPIs
Friday | Aug 31 2018VETERANS' Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services (Veterans' MATES) has issued guidance around the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).
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Drugs in pregnancy
Friday | Aug 31 2018THE Women's Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Medicines Guide (PBMG) for healthcare professionals is a quick reference guide from the RWH, Parkville, Victoria on medicine use in pregnancy and breastfeeding - thewomenspbmg.org.au.
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Sigma’s new $20m SA centre
Thursday | Aug 30 2018SIGMA Healthcare yesterday marked the beginning of construction of a significant new infrastructure project for South Australia, a new $20 million state-of-the-art pharmacy distribution centre in north Adelaide.
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TWC transformation success
Thursday | Aug 30 2018TERRYWHITE Chemmart (TWC) says its retail transformation program is delivering significantly improved financial and operational results to its members, saying the offering outperforms the market and sees members experience sales growth and gross profit margin increases along with cost of goods savings.
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GP pharmacist risks
Thursday | Aug 30 2018THE Small Pharmacies Group (SPG) has raised some challenges in a letter addressed to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia around the issues of general practice pharmacists interloping between the community pharmacist and GPs and between pharmacists and their patients with whom they consult.