News
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MedAdvisor growth plan
Friday | Sep 23 2016DIGITAL medication adherence company MedAdvisor says its platform continues to surge in popularity, with ceo Robert Read claiming a "nearly 45% share of the pharmacy market" following the recently announced acquisition of rival HealthNotes (PD 02 Sep).
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Monash pharmacy PhDs
Friday | Sep 23 2016MONASH University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has announced it will be offering a new doctoral program from next year, aiming to build upon world-leading research that has given the university its global high profile (PD 16 Sep 16).
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Dispensary Corner 22 Sep 16
Thursday | Sep 22 2016THE petrol pump is one object you may not have realised is teeming with bacteria.
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Pharmacists Day
Thursday | Sep 22 2016THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has commended Australia's 29,600 pharmacists for "their important contribution to the health and wellbeing of the Australian community" in the lead-up to World Pharmacists Day.
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Plasma is Zika-safe
Thursday | Sep 22 2016THE rapidly spreading Zika virus, implicated in microencephaly, has been found to not cause contamination problems in plasma or urine-derived products, the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has found.
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Armodafinil update
Thursday | Sep 22 2016NPS MedicineWise has issued notes on Teva's newly approved Nuvigil (armodafinil), a psychostimulant that aims to improve wakefulness which is indicated for a range of sleep disorders - see www.nps.org.au.
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New CF Rx AusPAR
Thursday | Sep 22 2016A NEW chemical entity fixed dose combination product has had an Australian Public Assessment Report (AusPAR) posted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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Guild blasts barriers to care
Thursday | Sep 22 2016PHARMACY Guild executive director David Quilty has highlighted a range of "structural, policy and regulatory barriers that make it harder for sick and needy patients to access pharmacist-delivered medicine related care".
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TWG expects consolidation
Thursday | Sep 22 2016TERRY White Group (TWG), parent company of Terry White Chemists and Chemplus, has flagged further expansion of its fast-growing network, with md Anthony White saying the next year would be "transformational" for the company.
