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PSA Media Release – New National HQ Planned
December 7, 2015 PSA launches ambitious building project for the 21st Century The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is embarking on an ambitious building project to redevelop Pharmacy House, its national headquarters. Immediate Past President and building project Chair, Grant Kardachi said the new Pharmacy House will be rebuilt, on the existing site to create a purpose built…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacy Still Opens 2. Patrick McGorry to Present at PSA
December 3, 2015 Fire flood or cyclone the pharmacy still opens Australia is known for its outback, intriguing wildlife and laidback lifestyle. However Australia is also notorious for its natural disasters. And when it comes to dealing with the consequences of natural disasters pharmacist are often in the thick of it, Catherine Waterman writes in…
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PSA Media Releases – Eight Current Releases
November 21, 2015 PSA Victorian Pharmacist of the Year Ms Fiona Robertson, a community pharmacist at Swan Hill was presented with the Victorian Pharmacist Medal at the Victorian Pharmacists Dinner held on Friday evening, 20 November 2015. Ms Robertson works full time at the Marraboor Pharmacy where she has been a partner since 1997. A graduate…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Project Stop 2. PBS Changes – Prepare Consumers 3. Pharmacist Awarded Life Membership
November 4, 2015 ProjectSTOP – Ten years nonSTOP Threats to reschedule pseudoephedrine products, the growing menace of methamphetamine use and the development of sophisticated tracking technology combined 10 years ago this month to see the introduction of ProjectSTOP – the pharmacy profession’s tool to track sales of medicines containing pseudoephedrine. The cover story for the…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Awards for Australian Pharmacist Journal 2. Pharmacy Practitioner Development
28 October 2015 Australian Pharmacist wins award trifecta Australian Pharmacist, the official monthly journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, today won its third national award in a week when journalist Peter Waterman won the Bupa National Press Club Health Journalism Award in the Documentary Category. Last week in Sydney Australian Pharmacist editor and journalist…
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PSA Media Releases – Tasmanian Pharmacist Honoured
17 October 2015 Exceptional Tasmanian pharmacists honoured Visionary pharmacist, George Taylor, has been announced as the winner of the Tasmanian Pharmacy Lifetime Achievement Award, while Elizabeth Jordan, from the Pharmacy Department at the Royal Hobart Hospital, was named the Tasmanian Pharmacist of the Year. The awards were presented at the Tasmanian Pharmacist Dinner on Friday…
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PSA Media Releases 1. PSA-Industry Partnership 2. PSA Members Urged to act
April 12, 2015 Unprecedented partnership between PSA & industry to transform community pharmacy Eight companies with a strong commitment to the future of pharmacy, along with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), have announced a significant partnership to help transform pharmacies into healthcare destinations. The partners involved are Pfizer Australia, Bayer, Reckitt Benckiser (RB), Johnson & Johnson,…