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Dispensary Corner 20 Feb 18
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018SUFFERERS of conditions like irritable bowel syndrome beware - it might get you involved in a brouhaha at 40,000 feet.
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Meds reconciliation
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018HIGHER accuracy of complex medication reconciliation can be achieved through improved design of electronic tools according to new work out of the USA published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
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Metformin XR recall
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018APOTEX, in consultation with the TGA, is recalling one batch of APO-Metformin XR 1000 mg tablets (batch number E16539) due to potential contamination.
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Arthrem safe
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018FOLLOWING the NZ Medsafe "potential risk" alert around joint-support product Arthrem, from Promisia and marketed by Pharmabroker, Promisia explains it is safe when taken "strictly as directed" - see the full story on two pages after the news.
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Mundipharma buys Tolmar for Eligard(R)
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018FOLLOWING several months of comprehensive due diligence and negotiation, Mundipharma has announced the acquisition of specialist pharmaceutical company, Tolmar Australia, supplementing its own oncology protfolio by including exclusive distribution rights for the oncology medication Eligard and Bi-Eligard (leuprorelin acetate) in Australia and New Zealand.
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Precision medicine
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018THE future of precision medicine in Australia is developed in a report by that name from the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA), supported by the Department of Health and launched at the end of Jan.
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Dispensing error decriminalisation
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018NEW legislation to protect community pharmacists in the UK from prosecution over dispensing errors has been signed into law by the Privy Council, and could come into force as soon as Apr this year, reports the Pharmaceutical Journal.
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TGA CM advertising debate
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018BOTH science and civil society organisations have continued to raise a storm over the passage through parliament the 2017 Measures No.1 Bill, according to an MJA Insight article.
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Pharmacy training offers
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has announced it has resumed training for community pharmacy qualifications across Australia for pharmacy staff, including dispensary and pharmacy assistants.
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Weekly Comment 19 Feb 18: Promoting your personal brand
Monday | Feb 19 2018WELCOME to PD's weekly comment feature.
