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Events Calendar 23 Dec 16
Friday | Dec 23 20163-10 Jan: Dental & Medical Ski Conference; Canyons/Park City, USA; more info and register at: www.cpdconferencing.com.au 17 Feb: Foundation Seminar in Clinical Medication Management; Melbourne, VIC; for details and to register see: 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; Gold 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.
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Dispensary Corner 23 Dec 16
Friday | Dec 23 2016THREE psychiatrists have written to President Barack Obama urging him to request a "full medical and neuropsychiatric evaluation by an impartial team of investigators" of the president elect, Donald Trump, according to an article published in the BMJ.
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PPI claiming period
Friday | Dec 23 2016CLAIMING for Pharmacy Practice Incentives (PPIs) for Clinical Interventions and Dose Administration Aids for the current quarter ending 31 Dec 2016 will only be available from 01-14 Jan, via the 6CPA Registration and Claiming Portal.
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Mar PBAC agenda
Friday | Dec 23 2016COMMENTS from stakeholders are being invited on the newly published agenda for the Mar 2017 Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee meeting.
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Honest pharmacists
Friday | Dec 23 2016AMERICANS rating honesty and ethical standards of professions have placed pharmacists second only to nurses with 67% rated as having high or very high standards, according to the latest Gallup poll.
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Naughty or nice myth
Friday | Dec 23 2016NEW research published in the BMJ has debunked the naughty or nice dichotomy as irrelevant in Santa Claus's confering of rewards.
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Editors’ greetings!
Friday | Dec 23 2016PHARMACY Daily thanks all readers and advertisers for their support through 2016 and wishes you a safe and happy festive season break with every possible good wish for serenity in the new year.
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Guidelines update
Friday | Dec 23 2016THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has provided an update on the development of revised guidance on expiry of compounded parenteral medicines.
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S8 dealing sanction
Friday | Dec 23 2016THE NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has cancelled the registration of Dr Mohammed Sadiq Asar, a medical practitioner found to have inappropriately prescribed drugs of addiction without authority.
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NSW Guild changes
Friday | Dec 23 2016SYDNEY pharmacist Rick Samimi will become the new President of the NSW Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia effective 01 Jan.