News
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Advocacy transparency?
Monday | Jan 23 2017RESEARCHERS from the University of Sydney and Bond University are calling for more transparency around industry-sponsored patient advocacy groups.
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Prescribing pharmacists?
Monday | Jan 23 2017THE Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee (PPDC) has confirmed it has received a request from the Pharmacy Board of Australia relating to proposals for prescribing by pharmacists.
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Events Calendar 20 Jan 17
Friday | Jan 20 201717 Feb: Foundation Seminar in Clinical Medication Management; Pullman Melbourne Albert Park; for details and to register: www.shpa.org.au 3-5 Mar: Annual Therapeutic Update 2017; Crowne Plaza Terrigal; register here: www.psa.org.au 8 Mar: AACP Accredited Pharmacists’ Forum: Quality Use of Medicines in the Management of Chronic Medical Conditions; CGold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre; more info at: www.aacp.com.au 9-12 Mar: APP 2017; Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre; for details visit: www.appconference.com 31 Mar: Foundation Seminar in Clinical Pharmacy Practice; Sydney, NSW; registrations opening soon: www.shpa.org.au 29-30 Apr: Victorian Pharmacy Conference 2017; Monash University, Parkville; register here: www.psa.org.au 16-18 Jun: ConPharm 2017; Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart; find out more: www.aacp.com.au 28-30 Jul: PSA17; Hyatt Regency, Darling Harbour, Sydney; for details see: www.psa17.com.
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Dispensary Corner 20 Jan 17
Friday | Jan 20 2017DIAMONDS are forever, so the saying goes - but not in this case.
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S8 Vic backlog
Friday | Jan 20 2017GPS in Victoria are understood to be concerned about significant delays in approvals for permits to prescribe Schedule 8 drugs for longer than eight weeks, due to a backlog in processing systems at the state's Department of Health and Human Services.
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CV death risk reducer
Friday | Jan 20 2017ANTI-DIABETIC therapy Jardiance has now also been approved by the TGA for prescription to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in people with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease.
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CMA urges tape cut
Friday | Jan 20 2017COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia has highlighted the importance of adopting the proposed Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation (MMDR) reforms, which "do little to improve consumer protection but are a barrier to business".
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Metformin update
Friday | Jan 20 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised of changes in availability of several types of metformin extended release tablets.
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Wyatt welcomed
Friday | Jan 20 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has congratulated Ken Wyatt on his appointment as Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health, with the role an important recognition of the "unique and challenging needs of Indigenous health," according to Guild president George Tambassis.
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Scrymgeour back again for APP2017
Friday | Jan 20 2017RETAIL consultant and strategist Malcolm Scrymgeour will once again take part in the Pharmacy Guild's APP conference, with a session on 'Merchandising - the right standards and the right process' to be held on Sun 21 Mar.