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New pathway for listed medicines drafted
The TGA has released its Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017 draft for consultation Submissions regarding the bill will be open until 9am on 5 September 2017. …
Sigma to restructure
Sigma has announced that it is restructuring its business and farewelling its Chief Operating Officer, Gary Dunne Sigma says that its recent change of name to Sigma Healthcare Limited was …
Intern training enrolments open
Enrolments in the Pharmacy Guild of Australia 2018 National Intern Training Program have now officially opened Preceptors who currently employ a graduating pharmacy student are encouraged to recommend the program, …
Arrow acquires Amneal
Arrow Pharmaceuticals has acquired the Australian retail pharmacy business of US generics major Amneal Pharmaceuticals The acquisition, completed on 31st August 2017, cements Arrow as Australia’s fastest growing generic pharmaceutical …
The final round
Contenders state their case in hard-fought Guild office bearer election lead-up The 2017 NSW Guild elections have again proven to be competitive, at times intensely so. The first round of …
Harassment ‘boys in the pharmacy talking’
A British pharmacist has been suspended for nine months after he admitted inappropriate behaviour towards two colleagues The behaviour included stroking one woman’s leg and asking her if she would …
Crohn’s, leukaemia, acromegaly treatments listed
The Turnbull Government is listing almost half a billion dollars’ worth of new medicines from 1 September “Without subsidy from the Turnbull Government, these medicines cost patients as much as …
Pharmacy urged to back codeine upschedule
The RACGP has used International Overdose Awareness Day to tell pharmacy to support the codeine upschedule August 31 is Overdose Awareness Day, held worldwide to raise awareness of overdose, reduce …
Revenue up, profit down as TWC rebrand speeds ahead
While costs associated with the Terry White and Chemmart merger hurt profits, the Terry White Group expects a sunny outlook Terry White Group, the parent of TerryWhite Chemmart, has reported …
Dispensing fees a barrier to addiction treatment
Australia is on track to emulate the US-style drug overdose crisis, a new report shows The Penington Institute’s Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2017 has shown that diverted fentanyl is killing …
Excessive surcharges banned
New rules come into force tomorrow regarding payment surcharges From 1 September 2017, every business across Australia will be banned from charging customers excessive surcharges for using certain types of …
True opioid killer revealed
New research has revealed the hidden killer behind the prescription opioid epidemic New research published by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre found Australians may opt for secrecy rather …