News
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ACCC gives go-ahead for API takeover
Friday | Feb 11 2022RETAIL conglomerate, Wesfarmers, is another step closer to completing its acquistion of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API), with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealing it would not oppose the deal.
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Vaping ad clamp down
Friday | Feb 11 2022NSW-BASED company and an executive officer of the business have been fined a total of $90,576 by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in relation to alleged unlawful advertising of nicotine vaping products.
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Three shots required to be up-to-date
Friday | Feb 11 2022FRESH guidance from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) now defines an adult Australian's COVID-19 vaccination status to be "up-to-date" if they have had a booster or third shot.
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RAT imports
Friday | Feb 11 2022THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is warning would-be importers of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) that only approved sponsors listed as entered on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) or their agents are authorised to bring supplies into the country.
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Govt slammed for lack of plan
Friday | Feb 11 2022THE Federal Government has been criticised by a Queensland-based pharmacist for its management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oral COVID meds warning issued
Friday | Feb 11 2022HOSPITAL pharmacists are calling for a consistent and streamlined approach to the prescribing and dispesning of new oral COVID-19 medicines.
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Election ploy not enough: McBride
Friday | Feb 11 2022PHARMACIST-TURNED-FEDERAL politician, Emma McBride, has suggested the Federal Government's decision to make the Wyong-Gorokan and Toukley-Budgewoi areas of her constitency priority areas for GPs, is an election ploy.
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Dispensary Corner 11 Feb 22
Friday | Feb 11 2022IDENTIFYING satire and just plain-old deluded is becoming increasingly difficult these days, particularly when it comes to sensitive issues.
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PD breaking news – ACCC will not oppose Wesfarmers’ API acquisition
Friday | Feb 11 2022Wesfarmers’ API bid gets green-light.
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Time to fix rural pharmacy funding
Thursday | Feb 10 2022RURAL pharmacists are calling on the profession's leaders to include better financial supports and measures to boost the workforce at the top of their Federal election wishlists.
