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November 1 – D-Day for Medical Cannabis
Medicinal cannabis will become legal, but strictly controlled from November this year, under a formal decision reached by the Therapeutic Goods Administration this week. The final decision was published on Wednesday, paving the way for the drug to be legalised for medicinal use, as the federal government works towards creating a national regulator. Clinical trials have shown…
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Marketing Focus – Issues & Insights
Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland. Throughout Britain, Brexit remains a much discussed but unresolved issue. The journey to the ultimate conclusion will be long, complex, somewhat convoluted and subject to considerable negotiations. There will be costs incurred as a consequence of the referendum. At this time many of those are difficult to identify, quantify and schedule.…
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Fighting for a Just Cause
Editor’s Note: There is a major push by some academics and major corporate conglomerates to become, for want of a better description, “cognitive dictators”. It is a process described in its earlier formative stages as “dumbing down” the population. A form of mind control deemed necessary before a corporate “one world government” could openly emerge…
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A little fear can be a good thing
A small village by the sea depended on fishing to survive. Each year the boats they sent out had to go farther and farther from shore to catch enough fish to feed all the villagers. But as they ventured farther away, they encountered a problem. Their usual practice was to put the fish they caught…
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PSA Media Releases 1. Health Destination Pharmacies World Leaders 2. Peak Body Welcomes Home Healthcare Program 3. Free CPD Programs
Health Destination leads the world in pharmacy practice improvement August 29, 2016 Australia’s world-class, innovative Health Destination Pharmacy program has been honoured with a high-profile international Award for practice improvement, the peak national body for pharmacists the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) said today. Accepted by PSA in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the evidence-based Health Destination program won…
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ASMI Media Release – ASMI 2016 Conference-China a key focus
Chinese demand for Australian consumer healthcare products a key focus at ASMI 2016 Conference Sydney, 22nd August 2016 – Chinese demand for Australian consumer health and personal care products will be a key focus topic at the 2016 conference of the Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) on 27 October 2016. Delegates will hear from Grame…
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NPS Media Releases 1. Dr Google 2. Occasional Users Not Getting Benefit 3. Supplementary Survey Data
THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 ‘DR GOOGLE’ IS HERE TO STAY — SO HOW DO YOU DO IT SAFELY? Almost four out of five Australians (78%) report that they look for information about medicines on the internet, according to a new 2016 survey* released during Be Medicinewise Week (22-28 August). Three out of five people (58%) admitted…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 22 August 2016
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 22 August 2016. Well, it was a refreshing change of pace since our last edition when on Saturday 13 August we attended the third Blackmore’s Symposium. This event was characterised by quality speakers who delivered the latest research on a range of…
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The Starting Points for Change – Education and Cultural Adjustment
Most people working in community pharmacies recognise that there is a need to change. But the change needed is so broad that the starting point remains hidden. What needs to be changed? How do we achieve change? And how do we go about it? The essential starting point is a progressive change in culture and…
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Have you changed?
You have donated a Saturday to learn about an area of your professional skill set that some marketing groups, along with some official Pharmacist bodies, have deemed “unscientific, no evidence and snake-oil territory”. Complementary medicines…….your patients are asking questions about these issues and you don’t have the answers. So, what has changed? Do you know…