News
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Mandatory change
Tuesday | Mar 5 2024PHARMACISTS will need to add extra detail from now on when reporting some vaccines to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
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Heart health tests
Tuesday | Mar 5 2024WESFARMERS Health, Novartis and Shane Warne Legacy are now in partnership to bring community-based HeartScreen Australia testing to Mallee in Vic and Gilmore in NSW, offering 12-minute heart health checks over 40 days, in the hope of reaching 2,400 people in these communities.
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WA babies the first to receive RSV vax
Tuesday | Mar 5 2024WESTERN Australia's babies will be among the first in the Southern Hemisphere to receive the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation now registered with the TGA.
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Myopia, a cause of poorer sleep in kids
Tuesday | Mar 5 2024POOR sleep is a detrimental side-effect of myopia, emphasising the need for testing and better management of the eye condition from an early age, according to a new study led by experts at Flinders University.
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$26m plus revenue lost in tranche one
Monday | Mar 4 2024KEY pharmacy software partner StrongRoom AI told Pharmacy Daily that it has estimated the revenue loss due to the implementation of tranche one of 60 Day Dispensing (60DD) to be at least $26,320,501.
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TWC wins top retail award
Monday | Mar 4 2024TERRYWHITE Chemmart has just been named the Customer Experience of the Year at the Retailer Awards for a second year.
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Tasmania makes UTI treatment easy
Monday | Mar 4 2024TASMANIAN women can now seek treatment for a suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) at their local pharmacy (PD 12 Feb).
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TGA wants tight control on ‘Ozempic copies’
Monday | Mar 4 2024THE TGA began a targeted consultation process last week to remove all medicines containing GLP-1 receptor agonist analogues (GLP-1 RAs), including semaglutide-like medicines known as 'Ozempic copies', from the pharmacist extemporaneous compounding exemptions.
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Low milk supply linked to no size change
Monday | Mar 4 2024A NEW study has revealed why some new mothers produce less breast milk than others.
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Fined for importing unregistered meds
Monday | Mar 4 2024THE TGA has issued two fines totalling $37,560 to Queensland-based company Akula Foods Pty Ltd for the alleged unlawful import of unregistered complementary medicines.