News
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Design impacts
Monday | Sep 11 2023THE International Pharmaceutical Federation has an online event tomorrow where experts will discuss a community pharmacy's spatial requirements and design as a "crucial intersection of accessibility, functionality and the enablement of a range of professional services in the field of pharmacy".
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BMS drugs growth
Monday | Sep 11 2023THE latest results from a Phase II study highlight the potential of an all-oral combination therapy, featuring Bristol Myers Squibb's (BMS) cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase modulator (CELMoD) mezigdomide and dexamethasone in treating triple-class-refractory multiple myeloma (MM).
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Stop head trauma
Monday | Sep 11 2023FINALS season is a good time to reflect on how sports-related concussions and the associated long-term disability can be prevented so more people keep playing, Australia's peak body for public health stated.
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Dispensary Corner 11 Sep 23
Monday | Sep 11 2023BABIES in polluted areas are apparently getting smaller, with research presented this week at the European Respiratory Society International Congress finding a correlation between the "greenness" of a woman's location and baby birth weight.
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Asthma treatment update
Friday | Sep 8 2023MARKING National Asthma Awareness Week (01-07 Sep), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has launched updated treatment guidelines for pharmacists supplying salbutamol and terbutaline inhalers to patients suffering from asthma.
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Early bird opens for Guild’s APP2024
Friday | Sep 8 2023EARLY bird registration is now open for next year's Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition (APP2024), which is taking place on the Gold Coast from Thu 14 Mar through to Sun 17 Mar.
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APC seeks more feedback
Friday | Sep 8 2023THE Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) has announced the commencement of its second round of public consultation for the development of the Accreditation Standards for prescriber education programs, HERE.
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Obstacles linger
Friday | Sep 8 2023BARRIERS to accessing potentially life-saving support persist, according to new research into suicidality in the LGBTIQA community.
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New vax resource
Friday | Sep 8 2023SERVICES Australia has a new Routine Childhood Immunisation - health professionals' kit, available HERE, to support pharmacists when in conversation with parents and carers about childhood immunisation.
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Sugar tax push
Friday | Sep 8 2023THE AMA has told a parliamentary inquiry the $3.1 billion cost to Australia's health system from diabetes could be mitigated through the introduction of a sugar tax, a much stronger focus on prevention and addressing inequities in the health system.
