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Certainty needed to employ with confidence
COSBOA has called for Labor not to roll back tax cuts for small businesses if elected Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has confirmed Labor’s stance on tax cuts for business, saying …
Safescript only the first step
Victoria has added codeine to its Safescript real-time monitoring program in a move welcomed by the PSA State Minister for Health Jill Hennessy said that laws coming into effect on …
DDS expands health food concept
Discount Drug Stores is set to partner with FRED NXT for its new retail platform Discount Drug Stores announced a range of new retail concepts and technological advancements at its …
Nine ways to shine
The Pharmacy Guild has identified nine pathways of the future in its CP2025 research project Community pharmacies of the future will have a greater focus on services for the safe …
Positive impacts on a range of health factors
New research reveals community pharmacist-led interventions can positively impact on medication adherence, BP control, cholesterol management, COPD and asthma control Researchers from the School of Pharmacy at The University of …
Not on my watch…
An Internet storm is caused by a US pharmacist’s refusal to supply, but could it also happen in Australia? A US woman says she was publicly shamed and left in …
‘People did not know what to do.’
Health professionals were not very aware of thunderstorm asthma when the November 2016 event took place, one expert says An inquest has begun into the thunderstorm asthma event, which took …
Towards culturally appropriate medication reviews
A new initiative is set to help improve medication management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Equitable access and effective use of medicine is critical to closing the gap …
The importance of saying sorry
PDL has issued guidance on how, and whether, a pharmacist should apologise to an unhappy patient “Sooner or later most pharmacists can expect to be presented with a complaint,” PDL …
API to acquire skincare clinics
The wholesale giant is acquiring them for $127.4 million, to build a strong service-based business ‘away from government funding’ Australian Pharmaceutical Industries has entered a binding agreement to acquire Clearskincare …
Changes to regulation of ‘low risk’ products
Government goes against ACCC and expert advice in exempting nappy rash products and tampons from strict regulations, and excluding ear candling from the ARTG Following a TGA consultation into options …
Guilty of drug trafficking
Pharmacists that detected unusual actions by an aged care nurse led to her being found guilty of criminal offences related to trafficking drugs of dependence A nurse with medication endorsement …