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Today’s issue of PDPharmacy Daily today has
two pages of news, plus full a page from Optica Accessories.
Pharmacies nail AEsCOmmunity pharmacies have
been significant contributors to reports of adverse events (AEs) according to a presentation from the Therapeutic goods Administration to the ARCS (formerly named the Association of Regulatory and Clinical Scientists) Pharmacovigilance Interest Area meeting in November.
The number of adverse events reported by community pharmacists exceeded those from GPs or consumers over the past three years, while those from industry sponsors have been greater than the reports from all other sources over the same period.
CLiCK HERE for the presentation.
NPS cannabis updatenPS MedicineWise has today
published the latest edition of Australian Prescriber, including an article on the clinical applications and challenges of introducing medicinal cannabis into Australia.
Written by the University of Sydney’s Dr Bridin Murnion, the article describes the therapeutic use of cannabinoids, as well as the ongoing debate and evolving legislative landscape.
“If medicinal cannabis is to be introduced it should be supported with prescriber and consumer education, prescriber peer review, a robust authority process and pharmacovigilance for adverse events,” Murnion said.
To read the full article online see www.australianprescriber.com.
FX medicine portalA nEw online gateway to
“evidence-based complementary and integrative medicine” has launched, with aspirations to provide a trusted reference library for Australian health professionals.
Dubbed FX Medicine, the portal has been “developed to provide consumers and practitioners alike with a trusted source of integrative medicine research and practical information,” according to the company’s Head of Education, Danny Urbinder.
He said many people turn to the internet for health information but the plethora of inaccuracies make it difficult to know what to believe.
“All information presented on FX Medicine is written and researched by a team of qualified health professionals,” he said, with the site also overseen by a scientific advisory board made up of experts including Australia’s Dr Mark Donohoe, integrative medicine doctor and nutritional biochemist Dr Robert Buist.
See www.fxmedicine.com.au.
6CPA DAA potentialmPS Australia has urged
pharmacies to ramp up their dosage administration aids (DAA) offerings, with significant funding available for DAA services allocated in the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA).
MPS ceo Luke Fitzgerald says the upcoming Primary Health Care Advisory Group reform paper is understood to recommend the formal creation of the so-called ‘medical home’ for patients with chronic conditions - the vast majority of whom would benefit greatly from a DAA.
MPS offers an accreditation partnership arrangement with pharmacies to enable them to better serve their customers with chronic conditions and especially those in residential aged care facilities, helping meet the Pharmacy board of Australia’s ‘Guidelines on dose administration aids and staged supply of dispensed medicines’ which takes effect 07 Dec, Fitzgerald said.
A survey by NPS MedicineWise in Oct found 29% of respondents aged 50 or older took seven or more prescription medicines regularly, with only 10% of the those accessing a DAA.
Willach expands operationsPHARmACy dispensary
automation specialist Willach has more than doubled the size of its Melbourne offices, opening the doors of a new $500,000 training facility in Burwood last month.
The move reflects the company’s strong confidence in the Australian market, with Willach operating locally for a decade now.
John Koot, md of Willach Australia, said “this facility is a real point of difference for us and a demonstration of our commitment to being around for the long term and providing our customers with the best ongoing support”.
The purpose-built training facility will see Willach instruct new and existing clients about improving their dispensary workflows, as well as handling the change management process.
It houses complete automated, non-automated and hospital dispensary set-ups along with a full design studio.
The expanded facility has seen Willach also increase its local stock holding, with a full range of parts and accessories, shelving and drawer systems and CONSIS robots - meaning the company is able to supply new customers with systems almost immediately.
Willach has now installed more than 800 automated and non-automated solutions in Australia.
API gong for L’OrealAuStRALiAn Pharmaceutical
Industries has named L’Oreal as its Supplier of the Year at the annual API Supplier Excellence Awards.
API ceo Stephen Roche said L’Oreal’s continuous innovation combined with first to market opportunities, exclusive launches and compelling product offers made it a stand-out choice.
L’Oreal also won the Beauty Supplier of the Year and Loyalty Support categories, while Swisse won the Club Premium Supplier and Excellence in Training awards.
Tuesday 01 Dec 2015 PHARMACYDAILY.COM.AU
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SA pharmacist honouredADELAiDE
pharmacist Scott McGregor, former Branch Committee member of the Pharmacy Guild’s South Australian branch, has been awarded the Barry Schultz medal for 2015, with the gong accorded to a pharmacist deemed to have demonstrated the qualities that made the late Barry Schultz such a distinguished pharmacist and community member.
McGregor’s career achievements were highlighted by the Guild’s SA branch director, Michael Robertson, including being managing director of the Chemplus Group as well as many years of service to the Pharmacy Guild.
The medal was presented at the opening ceremony for the Guild’s new South Australian premises by Minister for Health Sussan Ley, who’s pictured with McGregor and Guild South Australian branch president Nick Panayiaris.
This week Pharmacy Daily and NS-8 are giving 2 readers the chance each day to win NS-8 Leg Care Cream and Heel Balm.Your legs deserve some extra love – NS-8 Leg Care Cream restores dry legs, refreshes hot, tired legs and relieves heavy legs. The natural formula absorbs quickly and penetrates deeply to intensively moisturise your skin. Enriched with Vitamins C, E and F to nourish your skin and Shea and Cocoa Butter to soften dry skin. Menthol cools and refreshes. Suitable for everyone and all skin types, perfect for those with diabetes. Proudly Australian made and owned.To win, be one of the first two from QLD to send the correct answer to [email protected]
Congratulations to yesterday’s winner, Gayleene Chapman from Health Focus Pharmacy.
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Guild joins “Decembeard”
campaignThe The Guild has encouraged
members to help support this month’s “Decembeard”, a month-long awareness campaign that raises much needed funds to fight against bowel cancer.
Now in its third year, Decembeard encourages men to grow a beard in the final month of the year and raise funds for Bowel Cancer Australia to help save lives from Australia’s second biggest cancer killer.
Women and children are also encouraged to take part in Decembeard Australia by making, baking or faking a beard.
Bowel Cancer Australia’s vision is to reduce incidence, death and suffering associated with bowel cancer through advocacy, awareness, education, support and research.
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RGH Phcy E-BulletintHiS week’s E-Bulletin from SA’s
Repatriation General Hospital (RGH) reviews a recent study from the Royal Prince Alfred and Westmead Hospitals in Sydney, investigating the use of nicotinamide for non-melanoma skin cancers and actinic keratosis published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
CLiCK HERE to access the bulletin.
nO mAn is too big for a condom.A social media trend originally
designed to promote safe sex demonstrates that condoms can adapt to any size head, literally, but there’s a dark side.
The #condomchallenge involves filling a condom with water creating a large water balloon, tying it off and dropping it onto the head of a willing individual, who is usually pictured sitting on the edge of a bath.
The result is a comic bubble of condom around the head of the volunteer (pictured below), who nevertheless faces the risk of suffocation under the rubber pressing on their face.
HERE’S a good example of healthy ageing - but we’re not too sure about the potential effects on this 82-year-old’s hearing.
Brian Hawkins from Oakura in NZ has bought four tickets to an upcoming AC/DC concert in Wellington - and he’s taking his daughters and a grandson along.
The octogenarian rocker said it had always been his dream to see Australia’s loudest band again, after becoming a fan in the 1970s and going to a concert in England in the 1990s.
His musical tastes also extend to other rock bands, with Hawkins telling the Dominion Post he went to see Kiss in Auckland with his grandson in October.
Dougie speaks for Pharmacy Cricket
AuStRALiAn cricketing great Doug Walters MBE will be the guest speaker at the final night dinner of the upcoming 9th National Pharmacy Cricket Carnival, which will be played in Newcastle, NSW from 12-15 Jan 2016.
The competition will see teams competing for the magnificent ‘Chemists Interstate Challenge Cricket Shield’ which was first contested in 1908.
For more information see www.pharmacycricket.com.au.
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