News
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Guild Update 07 Feb 17: QCPP improvements
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017THE Quality Care Pharmacy Program is launching an improved QCPP from 1 July this year.
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Dispensary Corner 07 Feb 17
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017A US beer company has come up with a new brew which seems unlikely to help with the American obesity crisis.
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Soluble GTN tabs
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017THE TGA has approved the supply of an alternative product for glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) tablets (Anginine and Lycinate), namely Nitrostat supplied by Pfizer in the US.
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NSW MenW vaccine
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard has announced a $9 million state-wide free immunisation program for teenagers against the meningococcal W strain.
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PSOTY wildcard win
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017PERTH-BASED student pharmacist Tessa Drew has won a wildcard entry into the finals of the PSA Pharmacy Student of the Year (PSOTY) competition.
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CMA ceo can’t sleep
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Association (CMA) ceo Carl Gibson has quipped that he "won't sleep until melatonin is rescheduled".
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RBNZ Nurofen fine
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017RECKITT Benckiser New Zealand (RBNZ) has been fined $1 million for marketing Nurofen products that misleadingly purported to target specific types of pain.
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ACP urges new approach
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017AUSTRALIAN College of Pharmacy president Georgina Twomey says Australia needs a model of product down-scheduling which allows pharmacists with mandated training and screening tools to supply certain products.
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TWC specialty meds pact
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017TERRY White Chemmart yesterday announced a "breakthrough partnership" with ZEST which will see the large scale delivery of specialty medicines and associated support programs through community pharmacy.
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PD breaking news – SmarterPharm to merge with Pharmacy Alliance.
Tuesday | Feb 7 2017SmarterPharm to merge with Pharmacy Alliance.