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Sigma aims to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
10 September 2020 - Sigma Healthcare boss Mark Hooper says the pharmacy wholesaler is in early stage talks with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2020
Active ingredient prescribing
10 September 2020 - Active Ingredient Prescribing will ensure consumers receive consistent and standardised medicines information. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2020
Simplified prescribing arrangements for chemotherapy patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
21 August 2020 - Amendments to the National Health (Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement 2011 and the establishment of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Pharmacies to be first port of call for eventual COVID-19 vaccine
19 August 2020 - Getting the COVID-19 vaccine will be as easy as going to your local pharmacy when the lifesaving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2020
Electronic prescriptions to revolutionise health care
29 July 2020 - Patients will soon be able to have a script issued and filled without leaving their homes, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2020
Expansion of continued dispensing arrangements – COVID-19
1 July 2020 - The Australian Government has extended the temporary Continued Dispensing (Emergency Measures) for three months to 30 September ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2020
Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement
23 June 2020 - The Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement is commencing 1 July 2020 and will be in place for five ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2020
Additional $92 million, or 5 percent, government funding for pharmaceutical wholesalers
16 June 2020 - Pharmaceutical wholesalers will receive an additional $92 million, or 5 per cent, funding from the federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2020
$18.3 billion deal struck to fund Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, improve indigenous health
12 June 2020 - The Morrison government will spend an additional $100 million over the next five years on medication ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2020
More essential support for Australian patients through community pharmacy
12 June 2020 - Australians will have better access to subsidised medicines and medication management services through community pharmacy with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Painkiller packs cut down to size as opioid crackdown intensifies
27 May 2020 - The drugs have become household names in Australia: oxycodone, codeine, morphine and tramadol. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
Record flu vaccines in 2020 to protect Australians
27 May 2020 - An additional two million flu vaccines will available from this week bringing the total number available in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2020
Serious shortages substitution notice
14 May 2020 - Where a serious shortages substitution notice has been issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and supported ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2020
Medicines Australia reinforces need for continued collaborative commitment to Australia’s medicine supplies
26 April 2020 - Medicines Australia has today reiterated the critical need for continued and transparent collaboration to support the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2020
Record 16.5 million flu vaccines to protect Australians
19 April 2020 - The Australian Government has secured three million additional doses of seasonal influenza vaccines to protect Australians from ...