Pharmacy Daily for Wed 18 Sep 2013 - Guild claim \'exaggerated\', TWC welcomes Sclavos, Di-Gesic...

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Wednesday 18 Sep 2013 PHARMACYDAILY.COM.AU

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Guild claim exaggeratedThe ABCs Fact Check unit hasconcluded that the Pharmacy

Guilds claim about the impact

of accelerated price disclosure is

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evidence to suggest the impact will

be severe across the industry.

ABC Fact Check works to

determine the accuracy of claims

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engaged in the public debate, and

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recent campaign which garnered

more than 500,000 signatures on

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pharmacies which are under

threat from the further PBS

reforms announced just before the

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Minister Kevin Rudd.

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how the prices of medicines are

set in Australia, both via the PBS

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According to the report, the

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among pharmacies, with those

who have planned ahead and place

less reliance on trading terms

income from discounted medicines

set to feel less impact.

Terry White Chemists is cited as

saying that smaller independent

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likely to feel more pressure from

the changes, in contrast to the TWC

Group which has long understood

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was unsustainable and as a result

now derives its revenue from a

broad base.

The ABC Fact Check team

also quoted the University of

Melbournes Prof Philip Clarke who

contrasted the Australian system

with that in the UK, where despite

ongoing declines in prices, capped

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drugs the industry appears to be

viable as the number of licences in

England has increased by around

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governments having been seeking

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faster price disclosure since 2007,

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to adjust, so the accelerated

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run pharmacies to close their doors

or slash important services.

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SHPA Cairns success

More than 850 delegateshave registered for Medicines

Management 2013, the 39th SHPA

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Cairns this Thursday.

Delegates will be challenged to

Get Smart, Get Personal and Get

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the delivery of pharmacy services

into the future.

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contributed papers, 300 posters

and a variety of invited speakers

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Noxa oil 100% hit rateThe New Zealand launch of

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major success, with distributor

Crombie & Price saying that every

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Christopher pledged that Noxa

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merchants nor supermarkets,

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vailability of the product in

pharmacies across the country.

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with Christopher claiming that

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ell other lines...our aim is to give

ndependents a fair go, he said.

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new Australian Public Assessment

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The new AusPARs relate to

the assessment processes for

Fuf (uc pp/

eformoterol fumarate dihidrate),

Picato gel (ingenol mebutate),

Myfc (cph u),

Juc/Xz/Tz (p/

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manufacturers board.

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and has also been on the Roche

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contract when it expires next May.

TGA approves BCC Rx

The TGA h pp h oral medicine for advanced basal

ell carcinoma in the form of

Erivedge (vismodegib).

The new therapy is approved

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or locally advanced basal cell

arcinoma (BCC) where surgery

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Professor Dedee Murrell, Head

of Department of Dermatology

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welcomed the approval of Erivedge.

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or advanced disease that can

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disease before the age of 70.

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TWC to welcome SclavosChaIrMan of TWC GroupI L, Ty Wh,

said he was proud to welcome

Mr Sclavos to the board of the

company which oversees the

Terry White Chemists network,

and described him as a standout

leader (PD breaking news).

Yesterday the company

announced that Sclavos would

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our industry to the depth that Kos

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years, Mr White said.

He is highly respected within

the Terry White Chemists group

and the broader stakeholder

network for his commitment to the

pharmacy industry.

A graduate of the University of

Queensland, Sclavos demonstrated

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ACPP and AIPM in 1992, winning

the AIPM Pharmacy Manager of the

Year in 1993, Australian Pharmacy

Management Championships

1993 and 2000 and the PSA Young

Pharmacist of the Year in 1999.

Hes also been associated with the

Terry White Group for many years,

and is currently a partner in Terry

White Chemists Myer Centre in the

Brisbane CBD.

Sclavos said that he looked

forward to working closely with

the Group and to playing a role in

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health care.

Terry White Chemists is the

leading group in the pharmacy

industry that can point to a record

of consistent achievement in the

area of expanded health services,

and is capable of delivering real

progress with regards to improved

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scale, he said.
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