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Nov 20, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |James Tsaoucis |Bob Tran |Mioko Akiko
Petition calls for RMMRs to be funded alongside aged care on-site pharmacists Withdrawing funding for Residential Medication Management Reviews (RMMRs) is not in the best interests of patients, a petition claims. The House of Representatives is being urged to “vote for and approve concurrent funding for the Aged Care On-site Pharmacist (ACOP), RMMR andThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Sheshtyn Paola |James Tsaoucis |Bob Tran |Mioko Akiko
New extended Masters qualification will allow pharmacy graduates to use ‘Doctor’ title Graduates of a new Level 9 Extended Masters of Pharmacy degree will earn the title of Doctor of Pharmacy, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler announced at the Pharmacy Guild’s Annual Parliamentary Dinner in Canberra on Tuesday night. “The Albanese governmentThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Sheshtyn Paola |Mioko Akiko |Shannon Mullen |Troy Davis
Promethazine hydrochloride should not be given to children under six, warns TGA following investigations The Product Information (PI) for Phenergan will soon change to extend a contraindication from children less than two years to children less than six years of age, with an amendment to dosing as a result. Sanofi-Aventis Healthcare requested the latest updatesThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Sheshtyn Paola |Mioko Akiko |Shannon Mullen |Troy Davis
Molnupiravir accounts for largest share of Covid-19 oral antiviral market, government expenditure: drug utilisation committee Molnupiravir (Lagevrio) is the most popular Covid-19 antiviral of choice, according to new data published on Friday. It also accounted for the highest government expenditure on medicines in 2022-23. In 2022, 448,358 patients were supplied 466,598 molnupiravir prescriptions, the DrugThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Mioko Akiko |Sharon Miller |Siya Etzebeth
“The way we handle prescriptions is 20 years out of date”, opposition health spokesperson says The year is 1984 and the Coalition wants to “free pharmacists from clerical duties” to they can “work as professional persons”, the Australian Journal of Pharmacy reports. Speaking at the Australian Medical Writers Association Conference, Jim Carlton, said theThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Mioko Akiko |Sharon Miller |Siya Etzebeth |Sheshtyn Paola
PDL has some guidance on Collaborative Pharmacist-led Charting and Prescribing PDL has chosen to describe the charting and prescribing activity by hospital pharmacists as Collaborative Pharmacist-led Charting and Prescribing (CPCP), though it may also be known as Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC), Partnered Pharmacist Medication Prescribing (PPMP), Collaborative Optimisation and Ordering of Medications (COOM) orThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Mioko Akiko |Sharon Miller |Siya Etzebeth
New benchmark for contemporary and emerging pharmacy practices that complete the patient journey in and out of hospital The Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) Clinical Pharmacy Standards have been published, a comprehensive update of Australia’s foremost standards for clinical pharmacy practice defined by 22 new Quality Statements, focus on person-centred care throughout the patient journey, andThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Bob Tran |Mioko Akiko |Sharon Miller |Siya Etzebeth
Pharmacy is delivering “real-world impacts” in the delivery of palliative care, Aboriginal health and improving quality use of medicine through a range of new projects, a report reveals The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA’s) inaugural Impact Report highlights the role pharmacists can play in the delivery on non-dispensing roles. The report notes that theThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Mioko Akiko |Sharon Miller |Leopold Hamulczyk
Regulator reaches settlement with Wesfarmers Health’s online prescription provider, InstantScripts, over alleged unlawful advertising The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has withdrawn 45 infringement notices it issued to InstantScripts as part of a settlement with the Wesfarmers-owned business. The regulator issued the notices on 14 November 2023, alleging the company had unlawfully advertised prescription-only medications onThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling |Mioko Akiko |Sharon Miller |Leopold Hamulczyk
The global pharmacy software company’s board has brought in financial advisors and legal counsel to help “ensure (their) assets are assigned their full and appropriate value” The board of software business MedAdvisor believes there’s a “valuation disconnect” between how it’s trading and its actual value, prompting it to formally review how to maximise its shareholder returns. This content is restricted to registered users only.
