News
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With friends like these…
Wednesday | Mar 7 2018COMPLEMENTARY Medicines Australia ceo Carl Gibson has responded to Monash's Public Health advocate Ken Harvey's letter to the editor in PD last Friday:.
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SHPA explores the future
Wednesday | Mar 7 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) looks beyond traditional pharmacy roles in the latest issue of Pharmacy Growth, Research, Innovation and Training (GRIT).
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Guild Update 06 Mar 18: Rural pharmacy videos
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018RURAL and remote pharmacies are being given the opportunity to show their colleagues just why they love where they work.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018
06 Mar 18THE next time you need to convince someone that binge drinking is bad for their health, let them know about the misadventure experienced by this poor chap.
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Meds errors cost 99m
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018MORE than 230 million annual medication errors occur in UK's National Health Service (NHS) costing the taxpayer upward of 98.5 million (>A$175m), according to new research from the Universities of Sheffield and York, commissioned by the NHS.
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Hunt to open APP2018
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018FEDERAL Minister for Health Greg Hunt will deliver the opening keynote address at APP2018.
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Opioid prescriber fail
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018THE NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) has brought Dr Arthur Macaro Echano before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal and he was found guilty of prescribing S4D and S8 drugs for 12 patients with a history of drug abuse - Echano's registration was cancelled and he is to pay costs.
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TWC raises $1.2m for ovarian cancer
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018TERRYWHITE Chemmart's total fundraising support for Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA) is expected to hit $1,225,550 in this, their 12th year of association, following a month of fundraising activities throughout Feb.
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BD Dose Innovations deal
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018BECTON, Dickinson and Company (BD) has announced the acquisition of the sales and support operations for Rowa Technologies in Australia and New Zealand.
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PSA honours pharmacy leaders
Tuesday | Mar 6 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) South Australia and Northern Territory branches honoured four leading pharmacists at a ceremony in Adelaide last month, with Dr Janet Sluggett named as the Pharmacist of the Year.
