Contact lens users in Australia are recycling their used lenses and blister packs to raise money for the charity, Optometry Giving Sight. The Bausch & Lomb recycling program allows Australians to collect and ship all brands of used contact lenses, blister packs and lens cases free of charge to TerraCycle. …
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Pharmacy assistants play an important role in helping customers obtain the medicines they need, and part of that process is using My Health Record in the supply of medicines and advice to customers. Often pharmacy assistants have well established relationships with customers, based on familiarity, time and the previous high-quality …
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Mundipharma has entered an exclusive Australian distribution agreement with Medical Developments International (MVP) for the non-opioid pain medication Penthrox (methoxyflurane). Penthrox is self-administered through a custom-built inhaler under the supervision of a treating healthcare practitioner and should bring pain relief in six to 10 breaths. It is indicated for short-term …
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Medicinal cannabis company AusCann Group Holdings confirms that Ido Kanyon has commenced today (May 22) as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr Kanyon’s appointment was announced in February following a comprehensive international executive search conducted by the AusCann Board, with a scheduled start date of 22 May 2019. Mr …
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Blooms The Chemist has raised more than half a million dollars for Make-A-Wish Australia, helping seriously ill children. At the group’s recent annual charity golf day in Sydney, an additional $30,000 was collected for Make-A-Wish Australia, which takes the total provided by Blooms since 2017 to more than $550,000. Blooms …
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Funding allocations for areas related to biotechnology in the 2019-20 budget announcement ignore the real roadblocks standing in the way of a thriving biotech economy in Australia, according to The iQ Group Global CEO Dr George Syrmalis. He says that although spending measures within biotechnology are welcome, policies to remove …
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The Pharmacy Guild’s Queensland Branch has acquired funding to prepare pharmacy assistants for the future of community pharmacy. The funding is part of the Queensland government’s Training in Emerging and Innovative Industries Fund (TEIIF) and will be applied through the Modernising Vocational Education (MOVE) project which aims to support the …
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A total of 31,108 pharmacists were registered for 2017-2018, an increase of 2.55 per cent on 2016-2017. The profession now comprises 4.4 per cent of all registered health practitioners in the country, although a Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) report reveals a 14 per cent year-on-year decline in registered pharmacy …
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Willach has launched Consis.PI, a medicine pouch verification system which the company says is the fastest of its type available in the country. The system, aimed at supporting in-pharmacy dose administration aid (DAA) operations, scans packaged medicine pouches and verifies the contents against the medication order and customer details. While …
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The 2019 National Student Business Plan Competition is now underway, testing the flair and entrepreneurship of students preparing for a career in community pharmacy. The Pharmacy Guild’s 13th annual competition was launched during the NAPSA (National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association) Congress in Adelaide in January. Team captain of the 2018 …
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