http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:07:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1811 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1811#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:07:47 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1811 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has renewed its calls for improved access to finance on reasonable terms for all small businesses. In a submission to the Senate Inquiry into small business access to finance, the Guild has outlined ten member case studies demonstrating the difficulties being faced since the Global Financial Crisis. http://guild.org.au/content.asp?id=2787 ]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1811 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1808 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1808#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:04:34 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1808 23 April 2010 Australia’s chief medical officer has told all GPs and immunisation providers to stop giving seasonal flu vaccine to children under five years due to a spike in adverse events in young children in Western Australia. In a statement released today, Professor Jim Bishop said this was a precautionary measure following cases in WA where [...]]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1808 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1806 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1806#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:54:11 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1806 22 April 2010 | by Simone Roberts Pharmacists’ fight to immunise may all be in vain with a new invention enabling patients to self-administer vaccines. Researchers at the University of Queensland have today revealed the Nanopatch – a patch smaller than a postage stamp comprised of several thousands of densely packed projections that deliver a vaccine through [...]]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1806 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1801 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1801#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:35:55 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1801 The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has met concerns of inadequate pharmacy training when dealing with the downscheduling of chloramphenicol for ophthalmic use, by developing a protocol to support its members. The decision of the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee to reschedule chloramphenicol to Schedule 3 was revealed in its February 2010 meeting record of reasons, despite arguments [...]]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1801 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1799 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1799#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:32:10 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1799 Department of Health and Ageing fact sheet and letter to community pharmacists regarding seasonal influenza vaccine http://guild.org.au/content.asp?id=2779 ]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1799 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1797 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1797#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:28:18 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1797 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement that Primary Health Care Organisations (PHCOs) will be established across Australia. The establishment of regional PHCOs was one of the key recommendations from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. http://guild.org.au/content.asp?id=2783 ]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1797 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1794 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1794#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:22:28 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1794 21 April 2010 | by Simone Roberts The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the agreement reached between the Federal Government and the states and territories over hospital reform vindicates its decision to secure an early Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement. Speaking to Pharmacy eNews, Guild president Kos Sclavos said the Guild’s controversial decision to agree to terms on the [...]]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1794 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1788 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1788#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:14:05 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1788 20 April 2010 | by Jennifer Joseph Older patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis make appropriate lifestyle changes but may disregard the medication therapy advice of their doctor or pharmacist, a study has found. The study, published in Arthritis Care & Research, followed 190 people with an average age of 63 years who were initially identified as knee osteoarthritis (OA) sufferers [...]]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1788 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1731 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1731#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:54:33 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1731 Drugs maker and distributor Sigma Pharmaceuticals has postponed the release of its full year financial results by as much as just over a week. “The board of Sigma Pharmaceuticals advises that more time than expected is required to finalise the year-end 2010 accounts,” Sigma said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange. Link: http://www.insideretailing.com.au/Latest/tabid/53/ID/7828/Pharma-owner-struggles.aspx ]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1731 0 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1736 http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1736#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:05:37 +0000 ken http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?p=1736 Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:52 Patrick Stafford Retail businesses should focus on older, cashed-up demographics in order to take advantage of the forecast increases in discretionary spending over the next few years, two new reports have suggested. The advice comes as both the Commonwealth Bank’s Viewpoint report and the latest Access Economics retail forecast indicate spending will be [...]]]> http://pharmacybiz.com.au/members/?feed=rss2&p=1736 0