News
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New Sydney scholarship
Tuesday | Sep 27 2016A group of prominent Australian pharmacy owners have generously donated $140,000 to establish a new 'Scholarship in community pharmacy research' at the University of Sydney.
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Weekly Comment 26 Sep 16 : Bathing baby
Monday | Sep 26 2016WELCOME to PD's weekly comment feature.
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Dispensary Corner 26 Sep 16
Monday | Sep 26 2016TAXIDERMISTS tend to react a little differently to regular citizens when discovering a dead animal.
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ACT/WA offices closed
Monday | Sep 26 2016THE Pharmacy Board of Australia is notifying pharmacy health professionals that the ACT Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) office will be closed today for Family and Community Day and the WA AHPRA office will also be closed today for the Queen's Birthday.
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FDA Humira biosimilar
Monday | Sep 26 2016THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved Amjevita (adalimumab-atto) as a biosimilar to Humira (adalimumab) for multiple inflammatory diseases.
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Oz indigenous health
Monday | Sep 26 2016INDIGENOUS Australians continue to face a substantially higher disease burden than non-Indigenous Australians, but some improvements have been seen, with more possible, according to a new report released on Fri by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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NSW PATY winner
Monday | Sep 26 2016COURTNEY Boyall (pictured), pharmacy assistant at Morisset Main Street Pharmacy on the central coast of NSW has been chosen to represent the state at the national finals of the 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GuildSuper Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).
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Further work needed on AMA plan – PSA
Monday | Sep 26 2016THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says while it "broadly supports" the proposed Australian Medical Association model for pharmacists working within general practice (PD Fri), there is "still much discussion to be had on the best model for payment".
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Pharmacists celebrated
Monday | Sep 26 2016THE International Pharmaceutical Federation yesterday marked World Pharmacists Day with a global video message from president Carmen Pena, expressing her "heartfelt thanks to pharmacists around the world".
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Linfox supply chain plan
Monday | Sep 26 2016TRANSPORT giant Linfox says optimising the pharmaceutical supply chain in Australia would generate annual savings of at least $200 million from the Community Service Obligation funding pool.