News
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NZ pharmacists find information gap
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017DESPITE widespread communications about the state-funded whooping cough vaccination program in New Zealand, many women who did not have the vaccine had not been alerted to it during their pregnancy, according to a Fairfax report.
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PBAC November recommendations
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017THE Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) as published its latest list of funding recommendations including positive, rejected and deferred decisions for the PBS funding of drugs.
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AMA says NSPs needed in prisons
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017THE Australian Medical (AMA) Association is calling for needle and syringe programs (NSPs) to be introduced in prisons to help cut down the spread of Blood Borne Viruses (BBV).
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Ley steps aside
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017FEDERAL Health Minister Sussan Ley has stood aside without pay over the scandal surrounding her travel claims (PD Breaking News yesterday).
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Guild ITP closing
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced its Intern Training Program (ITP) is still open for early bird registration until 17 Jan.
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Early bird rego open
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Victorian Branch has opened early bird registration for the largest annual Victorian pharmacy event, the Victorian Pharmacy Conference, to be held 29 - 30 Apr 2017 at Monash University, Parkville.
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Asthma drug funded
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017BOEHRINGER Ingelheim (BI)has welcomed the Federal Government's announcement that the first new class of inhaled medicine approved for the treatment of adult asthma in the past ten years will be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme effective 01 Feb (PD 19 Dec 16).
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MedAdvisor growth surge
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017AUSTRALIAN listed online medication management company MedAdvisor has made yet another strategic acquisition bringing in a network of 100,000 patients who can be introduced to the company's tools to manage their medication and prescription history.
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Children’s sunscreen safe
Tuesday | Jan 10 2017THROWING its support behind the use of sunscreens for children, the Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has clarified many of the issues surrounding the recent controversy of complaints against the Cancer Council's Peppa Pig Kids Sunscreen (PD 06 Jan).
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Dispensary Corner 9 Jan 17
Monday | Jan 9 2017Throw out your old anatomy and physiology text books – they are now officially out of.