News
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Guild Update 04 Oct 16 : Making better use of pharmacists’ skills
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016WITH community pharmacists now able to administer adult flu vaccinations in every State and Territory, it makes sense to level the playing field by providing pharmacies with access to the National Immunisation Program and relevant MBS items.
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Dispensary Corner 04 Oct 16
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016AUTHORITIES in New Zealand are bemused by a bizarre incident which saw several hundred precisely halved lemons wash ashore (pictured).
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01 Oct PBS update
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016THE Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits was formally updated last Sat 01 Oct, with a full list of prices, formulary allocations, drugs subject to price disclosure and price reductions at pbs.gov.au.
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Continuous BGM tick
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016ADULT patients with type 1 diabetes should use continuous blood glucose monitoring (CBGM)devices to manage their blood glucose levels, the Endocrine Society has recommended in a new Clinical Practice Guideline, describing CBGM as the gold standard of care - CLICK HERE to access the new guideline.
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R&D tax incentives
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016MEDICINES Australia (MA) has said it welcomes the release of the report commissioned by the Australian Government into the R&D Tax Incentive Program.
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FDA teething alert
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016THE US Food and Drug Administration has issued a formal warning to consumers that homeopathic teething tablets and gels may pose a risk to infants and children.
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Life-extending diet
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016NEW research from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre suggests a low protein, high carbohydrate diet may be the most effective for stimulating a hormone with life-extending and obesity-fighting benefits.
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Cosentyx PBS listed
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016FROM October 1 2016 Australia's first interleukin-17A (IL- 17A) inhibitor Cosentyx (secukinumab) from Novartis will be reimbursed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for the treatment of two chronic, systemic inflammatory diseases: ankylosing spondylitis and severe psoriatic arthritis under specific conditions.
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Young eschew cigs
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016THERE has been a reduction in the number of secondary students and adults who smoked regularly with a decline of almost a quarter for both groups, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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MPharm vax qualification
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016THE University of Sydney Faculty of Pharmacy has announced that its Master of Pharmacy graduates will be the first intern pharmacists in Australia qualified to administer influenza vaccinations, as a result of an agreement between the University and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.