News
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Emergency meds supply
Friday | Mar 31 2017EX-TROPICAL cyclone Debbie is still impacting on the supply of PBS items and the Department of Health has announced interim measures to assist pharmacists facing the resulting challenges, especially around dispensing.
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MedsASSIST common sense
Friday | Mar 31 2017THE postponed shutdown of the Pharmacy Guild's MedsASSIST codeine decision support system for pharmacists (PD breaking news) is simple common sense that has been backed across the board.
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PD breaking news – Guild holds off MedsASSIST shutdown
Thursday | Mar 30 2017Health Minister intervenes to support the system.
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Dispensary Corner 30 Mar 17
Thursday | Mar 30 2017WATCH out Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman - a real-life X-Man can stick bottles, plastic cups and cans to his head.
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Keytruda indication
Thursday | Mar 30 2017MSD has welcomed confirmation that its Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has become the first and only anti-PD-1 immunotherapy approved to treat head and neck cancer in Australia.
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Union targets CW
Thursday | Mar 30 2017PROFESSIONAL Pharmacists Australia has written to Chemist Warehouse, saying the company has been "awfully quiet" following the Fair Work Commission decision to cut penalty rates (PD 24 Feb).
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Intern survey open
Thursday | Mar 30 2017THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has confirmed the launch of a pilot survey of a select group of recent pharmacy interns and preceptors.
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Vic Guild charity gala
Thursday | Mar 30 2017THE Victorian Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is holding its annual Charity Gala Dinner to raise much-needed funds for the Mirabel Foundation.
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Board ORT alert
Thursday | Mar 30 2017PHARMACISTS supplying opioid replacement therapy (ORT) are being urged to carefully manage all aspects of dispensing, with the Pharmacy Board of Australia's latest newsletter highlighting a case where a higher dose than prescribed was supplied after a pharmacist interpreted mg as mL.