News
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Qld ownership bill report
Tuesday | Feb 27 2024LAST week, the inquiry into the Pharmacy Ownership Bill 2023 was transferred to the Cost of Living and Economics Committee, and if it passes, a new Queensland Pharmacy Business Ownership Council will be formed in the coming weeks to regulate the Bill.
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Germany legalises cannabis
Tuesday | Feb 27 2024THE German Bundestag voted last Fri to legalise cannabis by removing it from the narcotics list from 01 Apr.
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Known herb alert
Tuesday | Feb 27 2024THE TGA stated that medicines and herbal supplements containing the herb Withania somnifera, known as Withania and Ashwagandha, may cause adverse events such as sudden and potentially severe gastrointestinal symptoms and, in very rare cases, may be associated with liver injury.
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Ferrogen teams up for menstrual equity
Tuesday | Feb 27 2024AUSSIE iron supplement pharmacy brand Ferrogen has partnered with a not-for-profit organisation, Share the Dignity, to donate feminine hygiene products to people in need.
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Commbank banks on APP
Monday | Feb 26 2024THE Australasian College of Pharmacy and CommBank Health will bring a new interactive pre-conference workshop for current and future pharmacy owners at the upcoming APP2024.
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Vape retail reforms coming
Monday | Feb 26 2024from the fields Pharmaceutical (FTFP) is unveiling an information drive targeting community pharmacy, ahead of the 01 Mar commencement of new retail regulations for the sale and distribution of medically prescribed vaping products in pharmacies.
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New CEO appointed for GPs peak body
Monday | Feb 26 2024GEORGINA van de Water was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) last Fri.
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Turf war continues
Monday | Feb 26 2024THE Pharmacy Guild's "push for the power to prescribe" COVID-19 anti-virals saying it will "save time and lives", has angered the doctor's lobby, which is not keen to see pharmacists "prescribing and dispensing these medications".
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Regulators join up
Monday | Feb 26 2024AHPRA and a number of national boards convened a forum in Melbourne last Fri to address the use of unregistered medicinal cannabis products, which has spiralled from around 18,000 patients using products in 2019 to more than one million patients using medicinal cannabis this year.
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Cel targets ageing
Monday | Feb 26 2024SRW Laboratories founder, and pharmacologist Greg Macpherson, in collaboration with other scientists, launched a new range of nutraceuticals called Cel last week.