Pharmacy Daily for Tue 07 Jul 2015 - MA pushes transparency, Assistants break records, 'Doc around the clock', Guild Update and much more

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Tuesday 07 Jul 2015 PHARMACYDAILYCOMAU

Pharmacy Daily Tuesday 7th July 2015 t 1300 799 220 w wwwpharmacydailycomau page 1

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IN A JOINT venture betweenelstra Health and Swiss

elemedicine provider Medgate a

ew lsquoReadyCarersquo 24-hour seven-day

GP telemedicine service has gone

ve from a purpose-built facility in

ydneyrsquos Alexandria

As well as eventually targeng

onsumers the business has signed

major corporate contract with

ravel insurance rm Cover-More

which insures 18 million travellers

nd handles 35000 medical

pisodes annually

ReadyCare has employedegistered Australian GPs for the

ervice with a key dierenator

eing that they will be able to write

rescripons and have them faxed

o a paentrsquos nearest pharmacy for

ispensing

Telstra Health is also a major

hareholder in pharmacy soware

roup FRED IT

Four PD pages todayTODAYrsquoS issue of Pharmacy Daily

has two pages of news plus two full

page addions

Pharmacy Soluons Australia is

highlighng its services buying and

selling pharmacies on page three

And API is reminding pharmacies

to order 2016 calendars on page 4

MA pushes transparencyMEDICINES Australia (MA) has

launched an awareness campaign

to ensure healthcare professionals

are aware of and understand

the eects of new transparency

enhancements contained in the

updated 18th Edion Code of

Conduct

The new arrangements come into

play 01 Oct forcing all exchanges of

value to healthcare professionals

from industry to be disclosed online

and made available to the public

Educaonal material explainingthe rules will be provided to

healthcare professionalsrsquo member

organisaons colleges and other

stakeholders

MA ceo Tim James said ldquoOur

members are proud of the work

that we do to ensure that the public

can connue to have condence in

our local medicines industry

ldquoTransparency is a key component

of the bond of trust with the

Australian public

ldquoA strong working relaonship and

the ongoing exchange of knowledge

between the medicine makers and

healthcare professionals are crical

to beer paent outcomesrdquo James

added

He said expert advice from

experienced health professionals

is important to ensure vital new

medicines are developed and used

safely and eecvelyrdquo

Under the new code MA member

companies are to report details

such as airfares accommodaon

and conference registraon fees

when engaging a healthcare

professional for their service

In such cases the healthcare

professional will be asked to agree

to the reporng requirement

around any transfer of value forthe rst 12 months but from

01 Oct 2016 the reporng of

such arrangements will become

mandatory

CLICK HERE to access the code

PHARMAC widens vaxNZrsquoS PHARMAC has broadened

access to some vaccines inuenza

diphtheriatetanuspertussis hep

B pneumococcal papillomavirus

and measlesmumpsrubella

July Pharmacist

THIS monthrsquos Australian

Pharmacist includes an update on

bullying in the workplace reecng

new measures due to changes in

the Fair Work Act which came into

eect last year

The publicaon also includes

an arcle on climate change

challenges to health - see selected

excerpts by CLICKING HERE

Earlybird extendedCPD Conferencing has extended

their Earlybird Registraon oer to

the end of July oering specially

negoated rates for conference

delegates at its upcoming events in

Borneo (Sep) and Utah (Jan)

Prices start at $2140 for a seven

night package for two at the new

yearrsquos conference which takes place

03-10 Jan at CanyonsPark City the

biggest ski resort in the USAFor info contact Ben or Lorraine

on 02 9233 6466 or see the website

wwwcpdconferencingcomau

Deprescribing pilotELDERLY paents aending a

muldisciplinary out-paent clinic

designed to improve transions

of care and decrease re-admissionrisk had a signicant reducon

in medicaon count and tablet

load reports a pilot study called

Targeng Hospitalizaon Risks in

Vulnerable Elders (THRIVE)

Reconciliaon of medicines for 17

paents was performed by a clinical

pharmacist and a physician

CLICK HERE to access the abstract

WHO Diazepam alertTHE US Food and Drug

Administraon has warnedconsumers purchasing Diazepam

online that there is a potenal the

drugs may be counterfeit

The alert follows an update from

the World Health Organizaon

which has reported 700 adverse

events from paents in Central

Africa taking ldquomislabelled

Diazepamrdquo which was actually the

an-psychoc drug Haloperidol

The aected paents suered

acute facial muscle contracons

with the FDA saying the counterfeit

tablets are light yellow scored

across the centre on one side with

the leers AGOG on the other side

FDA ticks OrkambiORKAMBI (lumacaor 200 mg

with ivacaor 125 mg) for cysc

brosis has now been approved for

markeng by the US Food and Drug

Administraon

The combinaon product is

directed at treang the cause of

the disease in people who have two

copies of a specic mutaon and

received orphan status in Australia

from the Therapeuc Goods

Administraon on 22 Sep last year




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ign up free at wwwpharmacydailycomau

Postal address PO Box 1010 Epping NSW 1710 Australia

treet address 441 Rawson St Epping NSW 2121 Australia

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Part of the Travel Daily group of publicaons

Publisher Bruce Piper infopharmacydailycomau

Reporter Mal Smith

Adversing and Markeng Magda Herdzik adversingpharmacydailycomau

Business Manager Jenny Piper accountspharmacydailycomau

business events news

harmacy Daily is a publicaon of Pharmacy Daily Pty Ltd ABN 97 124 094 604 All content fully protected by copyright Please obtain wrien permission to reproduce any material While every care has been taken in the preparaon of

he newsleer no liability can be accepted for errors or omissions Informaon is published in good faith to smulate independent invesgaon of the maers canvassed Responsibility for editorial comment is taken by Bruce Piper

Just one click away from keeping up to date with all the Pharmacy Daily breaking news as it comes to hand

Follow uson social media

AN APPLE a day keeps The

Pharmacy in play

Wersquore not actually sure of the

pharmaceucal link but a new

radio show on the new Apple

Music streaming service is tled

ldquoThe Pharmacyrdquo

Hosted by former rapper Dr Dre

The Pharmacy focuses on ldquoWest

Coast Jamsrdquo according to Apple

with the inaugural session in the

dispensary dedicated to anotherrap producer the late J Dilla who

died of lupus in 2006

Dr Dre said he had decided on

the pharmacy-based tle because

ldquowhat I need right now is just a

dose of Dillardquo

SCIENTISTS working in Africa on

sleeping sickness are feeling blue -

and thatrsquos a good thing

They have found that the tsetse

y which spreads the disease have

an anity for the colour blue

35000 blue ldquotargetsrdquo have beenerected near swamps and rivers in

Uganda with the aim of aracng

the insects - but when they land

on them black neng is aached

which covers them in inseccide -

reducing populaons by 90

6CPA transition

underwayWITH the commencement of

the Sixth Community PharmacyAgreement pharmacies areundergoing a gradual transitionin arrangements some of whichcome into place immediately

while others are scheduled totake eect over the rst year

Importantly the optionaldiscount of up to $1 o thepatient PBS co-payment hasbeen legislated by the FederalGovernment to take eect from 1January 2016 It cannot by law beapplied before that date

Conrmation of this startingdate is available on page eight ofthe Sixth Community PharmacyAgreement

It says ldquoFrom 1 January 2016approved pharmacists may (butare not obliged to) discount thePBS patient co-payment by amaximum of $1 per PBS supplyrdquo

Guild Update DISPENSARYCORNER

Parkinsonrsquos on riseTHE Parkinsonrsquos Disease (PD)

market across eight major countries

s esmated to reach US$47b by

2011 according to global research

nd consulng rm GlobalData in a

eport just released

The eight countries involved

n the study were US France

Germany Italy Spain the UK Japan

nd Brazil with analysts saying the

growth would be driven by both

n aging populaon and increasing

disease prevalence

Most promising PD treatment

products are Newronrsquos Xadago

nd Impaxrsquos Rytary for early and

dvanced paents and Acordarsquos

CVT-301 for advanced paents the

eport said

CLICK HERE to access the report

Hospital pharmacistsrsquoviews on med safetyEFFORTS to improve medicaon

safety incident reporng by

hospital pharmacists should focus

on their behavioural and control

beliefs about the reporng process

according to a study on the subject

published in the Internaonal

Journal for Quality in Health Care

The authors based in UKrsquos

Manchester Pharmacy School said

that focusing on the process not

the people would insl greatercondence about the benets

of reporng and not harming

professional relaonships with

doctors provide greater clarity

about whatnot to report and

ensure a simpler reporng system

270 hospital pharmacists

(response rate = 45) from 21

general and teaching hospitals in

the North West of England were

surveyed around their atudes

intenons and the ease or diculty

of the process of reporng

CLICK HERE for the abstract

PBAC summary docsTHE Public Summary Documents

from the March 2015 meeng

of the Pharmaceucal Benets

Advisory Commiee have been

released detailing 39 product

presentaons - CLICK HERE

Therersquos also a new document on

Type 2 Diabetes from the PBS DrugUlisaon Sub Commiee (DUSC)

which summarises analysis of de-

idened data from DUSC and the

Medicare records looking at the

use of rst second and third line

drugs to manage the condion

See wwwpbsgovau

Assistants break recordsTHE Pharmacy Guild of Australia

has cited a strong response to the

2015 Pharmacy Assistant of the

Year awards with more than 450

pharmacy assistants nominated

In response to the nominaons a

whopping 260 assistants entered

the award up 25 year on year

with each subming an entry

detailing their experiences and

showcasing their knowledge

Guild naonal president George

Tambassis said hersquos thrilled to see

pharmacy assistants recognisedldquoPharmacy assistants are the

frontline of community pharmacy

and the contribuon they make to

each store is vitalrdquo he said

ldquoItrsquos wonderful to see the

encouragement these pharmacy

assistants have received from their

employers colleagues and the

wider pharmacy industry to keep

up the good workrdquo

The process which is sponsored

by GuildSuper sees nalists

selected in each State who will be

invited to a Workshop Training Day

in their respecve capital cies

From there a state winner will

be chosen who will represent their

state or territory in the Naonal

Finals held at the Pharmacy

Assistant Naonal Conference

which will take place on the Gold

Coast in Oct this year

The overall winner will take home

more than $10000 in cash andprizes including a Guild Training

course of their choice

This week Pharmacy Daily and Hydralyte

are giving away a Hydralyte pack each day

FACT Dehydration is the biggest health riskassociated with vomiting and diarrhoeaFACT Vomiting and diarrhoea will often

reach its peak in late winterearly springBe prepared this gastro season and alwayskeep Hydralyte on hand with Ice blocks in

the freezer pre-mixed drinks in the fridgeor the convenient eervescent tablets andpowders in the rst-aid cupboard Visit wwwhydralytecomau for moreinformation Always read the label Use only as directed If symptoms persist

consult your healthcare professional

To win be the rst person from QLD to send the correct answer to the

following question to comppharmacydailycomau

Congratulations to yesterdayrsquos winner Dee Watson from Complementary Medicines Australia

What are the most common symptoms of dehydration



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Pharmacy Daily is Australiarsquos favourite pharmacy industry publicaon

ign up free at wwwpharmacydailycomau

Postal address PO Box 1010 Epping NSW 1710 Australia

treet address 441 Rawson St Epping NSW 2121 Australia

P 1300 799 220 (+61 2 8007 6760) F 1300 799 221 (+61 2 8007 6769)

Part of the Travel Daily group of publicaons

Publisher Bruce Piper infopharmacydailycomau

Reporter Mal Smith

Adversing and Markeng Magda Herdzik adversingpharmacydailycomau

Business Manager Jenny Piper accountspharmacydailycomau

business events news

harmacy Daily is a publicaon of Pharmacy Daily Pty Ltd ABN 97 124 094 604 All content fully protected by copyright Please obtain wrien permission to reproduce any material While every care has been taken in the preparaon of

he newsleer no liability can be accepted for errors or omissions Informaon is published in good faith to smulate independent invesgaon of the maers canvassed Responsibility for editorial comment is taken by Bruce Piper

Just one click away from keeping up to date with all the Pharmacy Daily breaking news as it comes to hand

Follow uson social media

AN APPLE a day keeps The

Pharmacy in play

Wersquore not actually sure of the

pharmaceucal link but a new

radio show on the new Apple

Music streaming service is tled

ldquoThe Pharmacyrdquo

Hosted by former rapper Dr Dre

The Pharmacy focuses on ldquoWest

Coast Jamsrdquo according to Apple

with the inaugural session in the

dispensary dedicated to anotherrap producer the late J Dilla who

died of lupus in 2006

Dr Dre said he had decided on

the pharmacy-based tle because

ldquowhat I need right now is just a

dose of Dillardquo

SCIENTISTS working in Africa on

sleeping sickness are feeling blue -

and thatrsquos a good thing

They have found that the tsetse

y which spreads the disease have

an anity for the colour blue

35000 blue ldquotargetsrdquo have beenerected near swamps and rivers in

Uganda with the aim of aracng

the insects - but when they land

on them black neng is aached

which covers them in inseccide -

reducing populaons by 90

6CPA transition

underwayWITH the commencement of

the Sixth Community PharmacyAgreement pharmacies areundergoing a gradual transitionin arrangements some of whichcome into place immediately

while others are scheduled totake eect over the rst year

Importantly the optionaldiscount of up to $1 o thepatient PBS co-payment hasbeen legislated by the FederalGovernment to take eect from 1January 2016 It cannot by law beapplied before that date

Conrmation of this startingdate is available on page eight ofthe Sixth Community PharmacyAgreement

It says ldquoFrom 1 January 2016approved pharmacists may (butare not obliged to) discount thePBS patient co-payment by amaximum of $1 per PBS supplyrdquo

Guild Update DISPENSARYCORNER

Parkinsonrsquos on riseTHE Parkinsonrsquos Disease (PD)

market across eight major countries

s esmated to reach US$47b by

2011 according to global research

nd consulng rm GlobalData in a

eport just released

The eight countries involved

n the study were US France

Germany Italy Spain the UK Japan

nd Brazil with analysts saying the

growth would be driven by both

n aging populaon and increasing

disease prevalence

Most promising PD treatment

products are Newronrsquos Xadago

nd Impaxrsquos Rytary for early and

dvanced paents and Acordarsquos

CVT-301 for advanced paents the

eport said

CLICK HERE to access the report

Hospital pharmacistsrsquoviews on med safetyEFFORTS to improve medicaon

safety incident reporng by

hospital pharmacists should focus

on their behavioural and control

beliefs about the reporng process

according to a study on the subject

published in the Internaonal

Journal for Quality in Health Care

The authors based in UKrsquos

Manchester Pharmacy School said

that focusing on the process not

the people would insl greatercondence about the benets

of reporng and not harming

professional relaonships with

doctors provide greater clarity

about whatnot to report and

ensure a simpler reporng system

270 hospital pharmacists

(response rate = 45) from 21

general and teaching hospitals in

the North West of England were

surveyed around their atudes

intenons and the ease or diculty

of the process of reporng

CLICK HERE for the abstract

PBAC summary docsTHE Public Summary Documents

from the March 2015 meeng

of the Pharmaceucal Benets

Advisory Commiee have been

released detailing 39 product

presentaons - CLICK HERE

Therersquos also a new document on

Type 2 Diabetes from the PBS DrugUlisaon Sub Commiee (DUSC)

which summarises analysis of de-

idened data from DUSC and the

Medicare records looking at the

use of rst second and third line

drugs to manage the condion

See wwwpbsgovau

Assistants break recordsTHE Pharmacy Guild of Australia

has cited a strong response to the

2015 Pharmacy Assistant of the

Year awards with more than 450

pharmacy assistants nominated

In response to the nominaons a

whopping 260 assistants entered

the award up 25 year on year

with each subming an entry

detailing their experiences and

showcasing their knowledge

Guild naonal president George

Tambassis said hersquos thrilled to see

pharmacy assistants recognisedldquoPharmacy assistants are the

frontline of community pharmacy

and the contribuon they make to

each store is vitalrdquo he said

ldquoItrsquos wonderful to see the

encouragement these pharmacy

assistants have received from their

employers colleagues and the

wider pharmacy industry to keep

up the good workrdquo

The process which is sponsored

by GuildSuper sees nalists

selected in each State who will be

invited to a Workshop Training Day

in their respecve capital cies

From there a state winner will

be chosen who will represent their

state or territory in the Naonal

Finals held at the Pharmacy

Assistant Naonal Conference

which will take place on the Gold

Coast in Oct this year

The overall winner will take home

more than $10000 in cash andprizes including a Guild Training

course of their choice

This week Pharmacy Daily and Hydralyte

are giving away a Hydralyte pack each day

FACT Dehydration is the biggest health riskassociated with vomiting and diarrhoeaFACT Vomiting and diarrhoea will often

reach its peak in late winterearly springBe prepared this gastro season and alwayskeep Hydralyte on hand with Ice blocks in

the freezer pre-mixed drinks in the fridgeor the convenient eervescent tablets andpowders in the rst-aid cupboard Visit wwwhydralytecomau for moreinformation Always read the label Use only as directed If symptoms persist

consult your healthcare professional

To win be the rst person from QLD to send the correct answer to the

following question to comppharmacydailycomau

Congratulations to yesterdayrsquos winner Dee Watson from Complementary Medicines Australia

What are the most common symptoms of dehydration




best outcome




983127 983145 983150

983137 983159 983141 983147 1048677 983150 983140

983137 983159983137 983161 983142983151 983154

983156 983159 983151 983145 983150

983161 983151 983157983154 983139983137 983152983145983156 983137 983148 983139 983145 983156 983161






ORDERS CLOSE 31 AUG


SAV E 5




APRIL MAY JUNE


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275mm

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best outcome




983127 983145 983150

983137 983159 983141 983147 1048677 983150 983140

983137 983159983137 983161 983142983151 983154

983156 983159 983151 983145 983150

983161 983151 983157983154 983139983137 983152983145983156 983137 983148 983139 983145 983156 983161






ORDERS CLOSE 31 AUG


SAV E 5




APRIL MAY JUNE


QUANTITY 100-249 250-599 600-999 1000-2999 3000+











275mm

4 6 5 m m





ORDERS CLOSE 31 AUG


SAV E 5




APRIL MAY JUNE


QUANTITY 100-249 250-599 600-999 1000-2999 3000+











275mm

4 6 5 m m