News
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Cancer drug cost/benefit query
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016A prominent Melbourne oncologist has questioned the wisdom of PBS funding for recently developed cancer medications, which provide only limited benefits for patients.
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Terry White review input
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016TERRY White Chemists, Chemmart and Chemplus pharmacies have called on the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation to support the current funding system and recognise the role pharmacists play beyond dispensing.
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Guild urges “health hubs”
Tuesday | Oct 4 2016THE government should fund community pharmacies to become 'local health hubs' where there are shortages of GPs and other health professionals, according to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Events Calendar 30 Sep 16
Friday | Sep 30 2016WELCOME to Pharmacy Daily's events calendar, opportunities to earn CPE and CPD points.
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Dispensary Corner 30 Sep 16
Friday | Sep 30 2016RICKY the arthritic rooster (pictured) has been given a special set of orthopaedic shoes to relieve his painful symptoms.
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Manuka UTI effect
Friday | Sep 30 2016MANUKA honey could prevent serious urinary tract infections caused by catheters used to drain patients' bladders, according to new laboratory research published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.
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NPSA CSO reminder
Friday | Sep 30 2016THE National Pharmaceutical Services Association says yesterday's power failure in South Australia is a "telling reminder of the benefits of Australia's National Medicines Policy and the value of the Community Services Obligation".
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CSO, NDSS applications solicited
Friday | Sep 30 2016THE Health Department is formally inviting applications from organisations wishing to access the Community Service Obligation (CSO) funding pool and the National Diabetes Services Scheme to supply PBS medicines and NDSS products.
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Bayer hails CRP ruling on Zyrtec adverts
Friday | Sep 30 2016BAYER Pharmaceuticals has welcomed the decision by the Complaints Resolution Panel (CRP) that the Johnson & Johnson Zyrtec superiority claims were found to be misleading and in breach of sections of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code.
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Health data drama
Friday | Sep 30 2016THE Health Dept has confirmed the withdrawal of some deidentified PBS and MBS datasets from the data.gov.au website after an alert from a researcher who said it was possible to decrypt some service provider ID numbers.
