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Dispensary Corner 23 Feb 17
Thursday | Feb 23 2017SOMETIMES babies are conceived in an instant, other times it takes a lot more work.
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US drugmaker closed
Thursday | Feb 23 2017THE US Food and Drug Administration has obtained a permanent injunction against a company called Pick and Pay Inc and Cili Minerals, a manufacturer and distributor of drugs and dietary supplements, requiring the business to immediately cease operations until it comes into compliance with federal laws.
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New TGA guideline
Thursday | Feb 23 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has released a new compositional guideline for palmitoleic acid-rich fatty acid ethyl esters for use in listed medicines.
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WA reference alert
Thursday | Feb 23 2017THE Pharmacy Registration Board of Western Australia has raised concerns that a significant number of "Responsible Pharmacists" do not routinely check compliance with the Minimum Standards when making statutory declarations about reference documents at their premises.
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Digital hospitals book
Thursday | Feb 23 2017STANDARDS Australia is in the final stages of publication of a new world-first Digital Hospitals handbook, which is due to be published in Mar or Apr this year.
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SHPA specialty survey
Thursday | Feb 23 2017THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is inviting members to provide feedback on the way the organisation engages with respect to areas of specialty practice.
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FIP workforce study
Thursday | Feb 23 2017THE International Pharmaceutical Society (FIP) has released a "descriptive global study of the pharmacy support workforce".
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Cracking age barrier
Thursday | Feb 23 2017WOMEN in South Korea will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90 years, according to a new World Health Organisation analysis.
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Illegal antibiotics
Thursday | Feb 23 2017RESEARCHERS in the UK have called for urgent action to halt the illegal sale of antibiotics, after finding a significant proportion of online pharmacies were selling the drugs without a prescription.