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Category confusionA recent Sun Care survey of over

500 pharmacy assistants, showed

that only 22% of respondents

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understanding of how the SPF

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respondents stated that Sun Care

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important category in pharmacy.

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brands across a variety of sub

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respondents had received no face

to face training in the last 3mthsbut those who did, were able to

remember on which brands they

were trained.

Xanax withdrawalPfizer has announced that

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in Australia, with the move to

reschedule alprazolam as S8 (PD 

24 May) meaning the product is no

longer commercially viable here.

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prescribe alprazolam, but have

been told to be aware that only

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will be available for dispensing.

Huge pharmacy dealAMeriCAN health giant

McKesson has announced the

purchase of Germany’s Celesio,

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loydspharmacy, for US$8.3 billion,

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wholesale and pharmacy group.

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has launched an updated version

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tablet and smartphone devices and

delivered via a web browser.

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to search for images with criteria

such as colour, dose form, scoring

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plus independent drug monographs.

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three users across all content types

and modules.

And for a limited period AusDI is

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subscribe for two years.

See www.hcn.com.au.

PA induction coursetHe Guild Pharmacy Academy

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course to help newly-employed

pharmacy assistants.Titled ‘Community Pharmacy, Your 

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special introductory price of $44 for

Guild members.

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more by CliCKiNG Here.

Further training on PainPod 

modules and the new Optrex  

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www.rbhealthhub.com.au.

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alive, despite the Pharmacy Guild’s

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such move.

Woolworths has long argued that

consumers are paying too much

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products, with former ceo RogerCb y 2005, “If yu

into the average pharmacy that

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America and see the level of service

that the pharmacists provide in

those outlets, they are certainly

no less and, in my view, on most

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average pharmacy in Australia.”

Today’s Financial Review quotes

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this area”.

Greg Turnbull from the Pharmacy

Guild said he was aware of the

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government.

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Pharmacists ride ‘Quit Wave’exPerts are challenging

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to help them stop,” says McRobbie.

The research has demonstrated

that of the >3 million Australian

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try to quit at least once each year,

but only 5 per cent manage to

permanently quit, with the costs

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Inhalers phase-out

tHe US FDA will completeits phase-out of all medical

inhaler products containing

chucb (CFC) by 31

December, in compliance with an

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protect the ozone layer.