News
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Steve Waugh Apotex celebration
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017AUSSIE cricket legend Steve Waugh visited his local Blooms The Chemist store in Cronulla, NSW on Mon to help Apotex mark its 10,000th APO-Wellness clinic.
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Child vax push
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017THE Government has announced a $5.5m investment in a new three-year vaccination awareness campaign to encourage Australian parents and carers to get their children immunised.
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Union targeting Chemist Warehouse
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017PROFESSIONAL Pharmacists Australia has "stepped up its campaign and demanded respect for Australia's employee pharmacists," with union organisers visiting a number of Chemist Warehouse pharmacies across Australia last weekend.
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ACP recruiting
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017THE Australian Pharmacy Council is looking for a new National Manager Examination & Assessment, with the permanent position based in Canberra.
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New disaster form
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017THE Department of Human Services has released a new form for claims under the Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme (DHCAS), which provides assistance with out of pocket health costs for eligible Australian residents and others who have been affected by international acts of terrorism or natural disasters.
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FDA targets quacks
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017THE US Food and Drug Administration has written to 14 American companies selling more than 65 products that fraudulently claim to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure cancer.
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Champix streamlined
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017MORE gradual approaches to quitting will become possible for smoker patients struggling to quit, as a result of the PBS listing relaxation for Champix (varenicline) from Authority Required to the Streamlined authority status, Pfizer Australia has announced.
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NZ asthma probe
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017AUTHORITIES in New Zealand are conducting a consultation on new draft Child and Adolescent Asthma Guidelines, with a submission from the Pharmacy Guild of NZ highlighting the key role played by pharmacists.
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Pharmacist role expanded
Wednesday | Apr 26 2017PHARMACY has been described as a "gateway to care, helping people towards better health" in recognition of its expanding role in self care, according to new report from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).