News
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Nation’s top pharmacy assistant
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016NATANYA McLenaghan (pictured right) from Aspley Discount Drug Store in Queensland was named as 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GuildSuper National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year during the annual Pharmacy Assistant National Conference on the Gold Coast last Fri.
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TGA portal outage
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised of a planned outage of its Business Systems portal from 30 Nov through to 05 Dec 2016.
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MedAdvisor settles Healthnotes purchase
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016DIGITAL medicines adherence company MedAdvisor has successfully completed its planned acquisition (PD 20 Oct 16) of Health Enterprises 2 P/L trading as Healthnotes.
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EBOS completes TWC Chemmart merger
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016AUSTRALIA'S vertically integrated marketer of healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical and animal care products EBOS Group has announced the successful completion of the merger of its Chemmart business with the Terry White Group on 31 Oct.
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Heat Group buys Doward International
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016AUSTRALIAN-OWNED cosmetic and distribution company The Heat Group has announced the acquisition of Doward International, the country's oldest personal care distribution company.
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Complaints review
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has confirmed the timeline for a consultation on options for handling complaints about therapeutic goods advertising, with plans to initiate the formal discussion this month.
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Cannabis guidance
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016GUIDANCE has been posted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for health professionals involved in providing medicinal cannabis products as an unapproved drug through the Special Access Scheme (SAS) or Authorised Prescriber Scheme.
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PSA honours Maree Smith
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has awarded its highest honour, the 2016 Bowl of Hygeia, to Queensland pharmacist Professor Maree Smith (pictured).
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ASMI Diamond Awards
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016THE Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) recognised excellence in sales and marketing at the ASMI Diamond Awards dinner last week, attended by more than 200 industry personnel at Le Montage in Sydney.
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Review extended until May
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016THE outcome of the government's Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation will now not be handed down until May 2017, after Health Minister Sussan Ley and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull agreed to extend the original timeframe for delivery of the review panel's final report.