News
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Aged care innovation
Thursday | Aug 9 2018OPPORTUNITIES for community pharmacies to collaborate and innovate in aged care was the topic of a presentation made last week to Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) by Victorian Pharmacy Guild president Anthony Tassone.
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Guild blasts opponents
Thursday | Aug 9 2018PHARMACY Guild executive director David Quilty has launched a broadside at a rising tide of opposition to pharmacist ownership of community pharmacy, classifying naysayers as either "ideologues", "commercial opportunists" or "perennially confused".
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TGA gives valsartan all-clear
Thursday | Aug 9 2018NO VALSARTAN medicines sold in Australia have been affected by an issue which has seen a number of recalls issued in Europe and the USA in recent weeks (PD 11 Jul).
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PPA integration call
Thursday | Aug 9 2018PROFESSIONAL Pharmacists Australia (PPA) has repeated its call for pharmacy to be integrated into the wider health system, following the publication of a pilot study exploring the role of GP based pharmacists.
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SHPA Uluru support
Thursday | Aug 9 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)has formally endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which seeks to enshrine a First Nations Voice within the Australian Constitution.
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NICE pharmacy focus
Thursday | Aug 9 2018BRITAIN'S National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released a new guideline focusing on how community pharmacies can help maintain and improve people's physical and mental wellbeing, including those with a long-term condition.
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Rapid syphilis testing
Thursday | Aug 9 2018THE Federal Health Department has launched an $8.8m investment to provide rapid response tests for syphilis in the hope of bringing a current outbreak to a halt.
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Azithromycin alert
Thursday | Aug 9 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning that the antibiotic azithromycin (brand names Zmax and Zithromax) should not be given long term to treat a lung condition in patients with cancers of the blood or lymph nodes who undergo a donor stem cell transplant.
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