News
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Pharmacy hep C role
Monday | Aug 7 2017GUILD Learning and Development is partnering with Gilead Sciences in an online course titled Management of Hepatitis C and the role of pharmacy.
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TGA advisories
Monday | Aug 7 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has found undeclared prescription only substances in Majestic African Mango and Maxidus capsules.
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Formula consultation
Monday | Aug 7 2017FOOD Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released a consultation paper relating to infant formula products for special dietary use.
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Guild phone poll
Monday | Aug 7 2017WITH the launch of the Pharmacy Guild Mobile App, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is seeking feedback about the operating systems of user mobile phones.
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API’s laser target
Monday | Aug 7 2017AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries is understood to be among a number of companies bidding for Laser Clinics Australia, which operates a network of about 60 outlets across the country.
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Diabetes drug for Parkinson’s disease
Monday | Aug 7 2017PARKINSON'S disease symptoms have been positively affected by diabetes medication exenatide, marketed in Australia by AstraZeneca as Bydureon and Byetta, in a new UK study.
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GP pharmacist poll
Monday | Aug 7 2017IN ITS recent submission to the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) detailed how a general practice-based pharmacist (GPP) could support medication governance and safety in general practice, and is now surveying its members on their position.
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Compounder fined
Monday | Aug 7 2017A Melbourne compounding pharmacy has been ordered to pay $73,000 in damages and costs in a case brought by Lawley Pharmaceuticals which accused the outlet of "passing off" one of its products to a patient who presented with a script for Lawley's AndroForte 5, but was instead supplied a compounded cream.
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CW slams location rules
Monday | Aug 7 2017CHEMIST Warehouse has blasted the Pharmacy Location Rules in Australia as "antiquated, anti-competitive and nonsensical".