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New Pharmacy Paradigm – Drone Delivery
Editor’s Note: In keeping with our “over-the-horizon” view of pharmacy we allow staff writers to exercise their imagination and publish “what if?” material. Drone technology could become an integral component of a pharmacy-in-the home project, and because of its widespread uptake, it will be at a reasonable cost. We will check back in over time.…
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Be accountable if you want to count
The recent political silly season is over – finally – and once again, I was listening for one particular word in the endless ads that peppered the airwaves: accountability. It seems like the only time you hear that word is in the context of blaming one’s opponent for lack of it. I suspect that the…
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PSA Media Releases – Awards, Practitioner Development,
November 24, 2014 Grant Kardachi awarded Honorary Life Membership of Asthma Foundation SA The National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Grant Kardachi, has been honoured by being awarded Honorary Life Membership of Asthma Foundation SA. This category of membership is awarded to those individuals who, under the Asthma SA Constitution, “have rendered specially…
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A Supreme Court Investigation into the Testing of HPV Vaccines
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is currently being investigated in the Supreme Court in India for involvement in the illegal testing of HPV vaccines in children in India. The reasons for this court action result from the deaths and serious adverse events experienced by Indian girls in large scale trials of the HPV vaccine…
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ASMI Media Releases – ASMI Elections, ANZTPA Comment, Diamond Awards, Conference Highlights
Bayer’s Mark Sargent re-elected as ASMI President 20 November 2014 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today announced the reelection of Mark Sargent, General Manager Consumer Care Australia & New Zealand, Bayer Australia Limited, as its President. Speaking on his re-election, Mark Sargent said: “I am delighted to continue for another term as President…
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NPS Media Releases – UTI’s, Antibiotic Awareness, Antibiotic Campaign
20 November 2014 NPS MEDICINEWISE REDUCING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PROGRAM: URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS—EXPLORING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT The next phase of the NPS MedicineWise Reducing Antibiotic Resistance program for health professionals has launched today focused on the complex topic of managing urinary tract infections (UTIs). An interactive case study and the latest issue of Medicinewise News—which contains an…
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Drug Unlocks Malleable, Fast-Learning, Child-Like State In Adult Brain
Professor Carla Shatz of Stanford University and her colleagues have discovered a way to revert an adult brain to the “plastic”, child-like state that is more able to form new connections quickly. The technical term “plastic” implies the ability to adapt or shape itself to new conditions. The striking results were revealed through experiments on…
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EDITORIAL FOR Monday, 17 November 2014
Welcome to the November 17 2014 Edition of i2P – Information to Pharmacists Well today most of the G20 participants fly out of Brisbane and it seems that the Putin-Abbott “shirtfronting” fizzled out to little more than a pillow fight. Australia still needs to pursue Putin to obtain justice for those airline passengers that were…
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Pharmacy Equivalent of a Patient Centred Home
A patient-centred home does not properly exist in most pharmacies because pharmacists have been building business models that relied on ever expanding retail sales. In the process, “patient homes” were eliminated. Older style pharmacies did not rely on enclosed rooms. They simply relied on counters and quiet corners to have a chat in. Because older…
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Pharmacists may be intellectually bankrupt today – financially bankrupt tomorrow
Pharmacists collectively deserve the derogatory comments proffered regularly by the AMA about providing professional services between the “toilet paper and the toothpaste”. Not enough has been done by pharmacy leadership organisations or individual pharmacy proprietors in terms of investment in appropriate clinical spaces. Nothing in terms of spatial identity and patient comfort has evolved anywhere…