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CVS pharmacies to close for lunch
Wednesday | Feb 9 2022US PHARMACY chain CVS will close all its stores for 30 minutes each day to ensure its pharmacists get "pre-scheduled, uninterupted" lunch breaks, under a new policy being rollout across the company.
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PDL vacancy
Wednesday | Feb 9 2022PHARMACIST indemnity insurer, Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) is seeking to recruit an experienced pharmacist to take on the role of Professional Officer, within the member-owned organisation.
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TGA issues abatacept SSSI
Wednesday | Feb 9 2022PHARMACISTS are being given the green-light to substitute specified Orencia (abatacept) products without approval from the prescriber under a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
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Dispensary Corner 09 Feb 22
Wednesday | Feb 9 2022MANY of the anti-vaccination mandate protesters who have descended on Canberra this week may not all be against pumping their bodies with foreign substances.
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Access to COVID treatments critical
Tuesday | Feb 8 2022MEASURES need to be implemented to ensure that supplies of COVID-19 oral treatments are made available to those in need when they need them, Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, Trent Twomey, believes.
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Accreditation landmark
Tuesday | Feb 8 2022PHARMACIST accreditation is set to continue to play a vital role in ensuring the profession remains at the forefront of medicines safety, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Associate Professor Chris Freeman, believes.
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ACT to subsidise training courses
Tuesday | Feb 8 2022PHARMACY graduates and assistants in the ACT are being given the opportunity to upskill for free, through the Territory's JobTrainer initiative.
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Sigma’s end-to-end DAA solution
Tuesday | Feb 8 2022SIGMA Healthcare's pharmacy franchisees are being offered access to the group's Sigma Pak dose administration aid (DAA) solution.
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Seeto to MC Guild’s IWD brekkie event
Tuesday | Feb 8 2022PHARMACY Guild of Australia Queensland Branch Vice President, Amanda Seeto, will host the organisation's annual International Women's Day (IWD) breakfast next month.
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Consultation on draft NMP extended
Tuesday | Feb 8 2022FEDERAL Health Minister, Greg Hunt, has announced that the consultation period for feedback on the draft National Medicines Policy (NMP) will be extended until Wed 02 Mar.
