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How pharmaceutical marketing is harming us, and the seven reforms we need now
“I may sound like a conspiracy theorist nut when I say this but the pharmaceutical companies are master manipulators…” begins Dr Martin Whitely, Senior Advocate for the WA based Health Consumers Council. “… They rip off Australian taxpayers via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and pull the wool over the eyes of drug safety regulators everywhere.”…
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HPV vaccine survivors in the Czech Republic
Editor’s Note: We continue to publish material that does not seem to enter mainstream press or medical journals. The following is similar to other reports made from a range of countries who are now reviewing their protocols and usage of this vaccine. i2P takes the position of supporting safe vaccination and would recommend to any…
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2015-16 Budget Summary – How it May Affect You!
On 12th May 2015 the Federal Budget was delivered. Although there is much water to pass under the bridge until any legislation is passed, there are a number of taxation proposals that if legislated, will benefit you over the coming years. That said, the majority of the proposed changes will only affect those businesses whose…
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Implantable Device Delivers Medicine One Molecule at a Time
It could be used someday to treat fractured spines, pinched nerves, and epilepsy. It’s smaller than your index finger, and it might be the future of implantable devices to treat a fractured spine, pinched nerve, or neurological disorder like epilepsy. As they report in the journal Science today, a team of engineers and medical researchers in Sweden has…
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NSW Pharmacy Council Newsletter
Pharmacy Council Newsletter May 2015 Welcome to Katharina Nicholson! Experienced pharmacist, ex business owner and consultant, Katharina Nicholson joins the Pharmacy Council as the new Professional Officer.Read more… Proprietors and pecuniary interest holders – Annual Renewals and Annual Declarations Pharmacy proprietors and pecuniary interest holders are reminded of the following important dates: 1…
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PSA Media Releases – Five Releases this Week
May 22, 2015 The Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee (PPDC) May 2015 Report Competency standards review The PPDC was pleased to receive and accept the final report from the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) on work conducted to inform the review of the National competency standards framework for pharmacists in Australia. The report presents findings…
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NPS Media Releases
21 MAY 2015 PLEDGE TO FIGHT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE THIS COLD AND FLU SEASON As part of its ‘Winter is Coming’ initiative this May, NPS MedicineWise is urging people to take make a renewed pledge to help fight antibiotic resistance this cold and flu season. NPS MedicineWise Clinical Adviser Dr Jeannie Yoo says that it’s understandable that as cold…
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EDITORIAL for Monday, 18 May 2015 + Sussan Ley Media Release
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 18 May, 2015. This week we have concentrated on looking at elements of a new paradigm pharmacy that can promote clinical services. With 6CPA negotiations seemingly out of the way (but still mysteriously under wraps at the time this edition was circulated),…
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MinuteClinic hits 25 million patient visit milestone
CVS Health’s MinuteClinic has surpassed 25 million patient visits since opening the nation’s first retail clinic in 2000, the company announced on Tuesday. This is the future of Australian pharmacy as well, if pharmacy leaders can get their act into gear. But why wait for that to happen? Surely progressive Australian pharmacy owners can venture…
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Replacing the PBS market for a sustainable Income – home health technology, self care and primary health care
PBS is almost a lost cause. The amount of time that is invested in this product compared to the return on invested capital, is now not viable. This will not improve as health minister, Sussan Ley, has stated she is “not interested in pharmacists’ pay packets, only lower costs for consumers”. A directional change is…