News
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PDL warns of fake scripts
Tuesday | Nov 28 2017PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited (PDL) has raised awareness of reports regarding consumers who are posing as prescribers and using faxed, email or mobile phone images to fraudulently obtain prescription medications.
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Weekly Comment 27 Nov 17: Bathing babies
Monday | Nov 27 2017WELCOME to PD's weekly comment feature.
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Dispensary Corner 27 Nov 17
Monday | Nov 27 2017AUTHORITIES in Finland have asked the nation's parents to suggest a "new, more inclusive name" for the country's popular baby box, which has been given to expectant mothers for the last eighty years.
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Compounding alert
Monday | Nov 27 2017THE Pharmacy Board of Australia and the Medical Board of Australia have issued a joint statement to remind doctors and pharmacists that compounded medicines must only be prescribed and dispensed if a commercial item does not meet the patient's needs.
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Deprescribing guide
Monday | Nov 27 2017NEW research published in the Journal of Gerontology has described new ways to characterise older people who take multiple medicines, and who are open to 'deprescribing' to reduce or stop less effective medicines.
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Chemist Warehouse, Corum digital connect
Monday | Nov 27 2017CHEMIST Warehouse and Corum Health are the latest community pharmacy vendors to confirm connections to the government's My Health Record system.
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Guild blasts direct supply arrangements
Monday | Nov 27 2017PHARMACY Guild president George Tambassis has urged pharmacists to contact AstraZeneca and Amgen to express concerns about their direct distribution moves (PD Thu), with the Guild having "serious concerns" about the shifts in distribution.
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COPD technique and adherence critical
Monday | Nov 27 2017GIVEN the wide range of inhaler devices available, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need their inhaler technique and adherence checked regularly, according to new 'COPD-X Australian & NZ guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2017 update'.
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Mersynofen win
Monday | Nov 27 2017SANOFI Consumer Healthcare has received a Product of the Year award for its OTC pain relief product Mersynofen, in an independent Nielsen survey of over 13,000 household shoppers.
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Fred IT SafeScript deal
Monday | Nov 27 2017PHARMACY Guild offshoot Fred IT has been appointed to build the new SafeScript real-time prescription monitoring system for the Victorian Government.
