News
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Amcal pathology disarray
Friday | Jul 7 2017AMCAL'S controversial new in-pharmacy pathology screening service has been struck a blow with provider Sonic Healthcare advising it is withdrawing its support for the program (PD breaking news).
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PD breaking news – Sigma pharmacy pathology screening provider pulls out
Thursday | Jul 6 2017Sonic Healthcare withdraws services which underpinned the new Amcal service.
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Travel Specials 06 July 17
Thursday | Jul 6 2017WELCOME to Pharmacy Daily's.
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Dispensary Corner 06 July 17
Thursday | Jul 6 2017NEW Zealand's Maori language has just been expanded by 200 additional words and phrases, and most of the additions are related to health issues.
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Indication extensions
Thursday | Jul 6 2017THE Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) has listed new or extended uses for four products effective from Jun: Opdivo (nivolumab) sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb for Hodgkin lymphoma; Ozurdex (dexamethasone) by Allergan for macular oedema; Pfizer's RA treatment Xeljanz (tofacitinib); and Sanofi-Aventis' Cerezyme (imiglucerase-rch) for enzyme replacement therapy.
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No more ‘wet ink’
Thursday | Jul 6 2017THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised that all licenses and certificates of Good Manufacturing Practice Compliance it issues will henceforth be signed "electronically" rather than requiring a wet ink signature, after a review of the relevant legislation identified that this was possible.
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Antibiotics use drops
Thursday | Jul 6 2017NEW data released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has revealed that the use of antibiotics has dropped markedly in Australian hospitals, down by 7.6% between 2011 and 2015.
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UK pharmacies sell no-script antimalarials
Thursday | Jul 6 2017BRITAIN'S Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved an antimalarial tablet which will be available through UK pharmacies without prescription.
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Vaccine outages
Thursday | Jul 6 2017GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) has announced it anticipates an intermittent stock outs for Twinrix Adult (combined hepatitis A and B vaccine) this month.
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WA pharmacy $42k refund
Thursday | Jul 6 2017THE landlord of a pharmacy in Mandurah, Western Australia, has been ordered to repay more than $42,000 in "management fees" which the State Administrative Tribunal had found it was unlawfully charging the pharmacy.
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