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Dispensary Corner 02 Nov 16
Wednesday | Nov 2 2016A PATIENT'S fart during a surgical procedure at Tokyo Medical University Hospital in Japan, allegedly sparked a fire in the operating theatre.
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SUSMP now in force
Wednesday | Nov 2 2016THE Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP), the Poisons Standard dated Nov 2106, has now been posted on the website of the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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PHARMAC partners
Wednesday | Nov 2 2016NEW Zealand's PHARMAC has announced a partnership with BPACnz and the Auckland University to provide health professionals with information to improve medicines use, minimising overuse, underuse or misuse.
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National cannabis plan call
Wednesday | Nov 2 2016THE release of cannabis cultivation and manufacture licences (PD 28 Oct 16) has prompted the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) to call for the development of common legislation across all states.
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Dispensary Corner 01 Nov 16
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016JUST when you thought nail art couldn't get any quirkier, another trend emerges to make your mind boggle: succulent manicures.
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Nation’s top pharmacy assistant
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016NATANYA McLenaghan (pictured right) from Aspley Discount Drug Store in Queensland was named as 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GuildSuper National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year during the annual Pharmacy Assistant National Conference on the Gold Coast last Fri.
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TGA portal outage
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised of a planned outage of its Business Systems portal from 30 Nov through to 05 Dec 2016.
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MedAdvisor settles Healthnotes purchase
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016DIGITAL medicines adherence company MedAdvisor has successfully completed its planned acquisition (PD 20 Oct 16) of Health Enterprises 2 P/L trading as Healthnotes.
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EBOS completes TWC Chemmart merger
Tuesday | Nov 1 2016AUSTRALIA'S vertically integrated marketer of healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical and animal care products EBOS Group has announced the successful completion of the merger of its Chemmart business with the Terry White Group on 31 Oct.