News
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Pharmacy confidence weak
Wednesday | Nov 9 2016COMMUNITY pharmacy remains uncertain about its future, with the results of the annual UTS Community Pharmacy Barometer indicating a lack of confidence as the health sector evolves.
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NZ drug tender now under way
Wednesday | Nov 9 2016NEW Zealand's Pharmaceutical Management Agency PHARMAC has opened its annual medicines tender inviting suppliers to bid on over 500 products by 15 Dec 2016.
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Guild Update 08 Nov 16: Intern positions in demand
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016INTERN positions in demand .
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Dispensary Corner 08 Nov 16
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016HERE'S a new idea that will make women swoon: chocolate that eases period pain.
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PSA leadership open
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016APPLICATIONS have now opened for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's 2017 ignite leadership program which supports high-performing Early Career Pharmacists (ECPs).
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Selective reporting?
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016TRIALSTRACKER, a new EMA automated service launched to shine a spotlight on drug companies and universities, found that nearly half of all trials run by major sponsors in the past 10 years were missing results, raising researcher transparency concerns.
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Placebo success
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016ONE drug that has consistently delivered relief for 35-40% of depression patients in clinical trials conducted between 1978 and 2016 is placebo, according to a review article published in the BMJ.
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Minfos Willach link
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016FOLLOWING a one month pilot program to integrate Minfos and Willach robotic dispensing and point of sale systems, the companies have made a joint announcement around their plans to rollout the combined operation to other Minfos/CONSIS pharmacies.
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PBS stationery tender
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016THE Department of Human Services is seeking tenders for the "ordering, printing, personalisation and storage" of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme stationery products, including prescription forms, claim forms, order forms, yearly safety net kits and envelopes.
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Skeptics hit TGA light touch
Tuesday | Nov 8 2016AUSTRALIA'S Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has come under heavy fire again from industry watchdog Ken Harvey for its "light touch" approach to complementary medicines (CMs), in an MJA InSight article.