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Jan 18, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Mioko Akiko |JOhn Smith |John Smith |Peter Carr |Breanna Friend
PSA’s Fei Sim looks back over the events of 2023, which rocked every facet of the profession in Australia “I really think that when we look back in history, 2023 is a year that I would describe as a ‘monumental year’,” says Dr Fei Sim, national president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. “There haveThis content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |JOhn Smith |John Smith |Peter Carr |Breanna Friend
Pharmacists were among an estimated 300 hospital workers who staged a walkout to protest against an “extortionate” increase in parking fees On Wednesday, 17 January, around 300 workers at Sydney’s Concord Hospital went on strike for an hour to protest the fee hike, which will see some of them having to pay as much asThis content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |JOhn Smith |John Smith |Peter Carr |Breanna Friend
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Australia warns that a fourth strength of its ADHD medication, Vyvanse, will be in short supply Worldwide shortages of Takeda’s Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesilate) products are expected to continue until late April, as a result of manufacturing issues, the company says. In an update issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) today (18This content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Bart Pharm |Vincent Chua |Breanna Friend
Researchers have made an “alarming discovery” which could leave patients who have been bitten by snakes or spiders vulnerable to bad outcomes Senior pharmacist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Pharmacy Department, Kate Jennar, presented Venomous Vigilance: an audit of State-wide antivenom holdings at the recent Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Medicines Management 2023 conferenceThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | David Rowley |Bart Pharm |Vincent Chua |Breanna Friend
Recently launched diabetes med with weight loss hype another victim of ‘larger than expected demand’ Mounjaro, the hotly anticipated competitor to social media-hyped diabetes and de facto weight loss drug Ozempic, has itself become the victim of unexpected demand, seemingly primarily from the off-label weight-loss market. Launched barely two months ago in comparatively inconvenient vialThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Bart Pharm |Vincent Chua |Breanna Friend
A recent report on vaccination in Australia echoes the pharmacy profession’s call for nationally-consistent vaccination authorities, says one stakeholder Pharmaceutical Society of Australia national president Dr Fei Sim has welcomed the Grattan Institute’s A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap report, which made a series of recommendations including making it easier for pharmacistsThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Bart Pharm |Vincent Chua |Breanna Friend
The Queensland Government has introduced a Bill for a contemporary Pharmacy Business Ownership Act in Parliament The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch welcomed the move. State Branch President Chris Owen said the legislation has been the culmination of many years of legislative consultation with its members and stakeholders. “This legislation has been a long time comingThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | David Rowley |Breanna Friend |Gregory J. Kyle |Steve Hambleton
And Government re-opens thalidomide support program for those who missed out Thalidomide survivors, their families, loved ones and carers have received a “a full, unreserved and overdue apology” from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in an historical address to the Federal Parliament. At the same time the PM announced the government would be re-opening the existingThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Breanna Friend |Gregory J. Kyle |Steve Hambleton
Confidence in returning to the community pharmacy sector after taking a significant dip following the government’s 60-day dispensing announcement Data from the latest University of Technology Sydney (UTS) pharmacy barometer survey reveals that community pharmacists’ confidence levels have soared in recent months. After falling to a record low of 60.8 out of 200 inThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Breanna Friend |Gregory J. Kyle |Steve Hambleton
Government’s 60-day dispensing policy is being dubbed “an absolute disgrace” by Coalition The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, is facing accusation of failing to look after regional communities with Nationals MP, Kevin Hogan, slamming the 60-day dispensing policy. Speaking in the House of Representatives, Hogan described Butler as “the third prizeThis content is restricted to registered users only.
