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By Ramy Burjony
Health professional or shop trader?
28 July 2010
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This question arises in response to queries whether it is okay to discount certain pharmacy...
Good old Pharmac
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Every so often when the fax machine goes off and the letterhead reads Pharmac, I wish for some...
Let's talk ethics
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As the football world cup came to a close, there were incidents that raised controversy. This led...
Christchurch pharmacy robbed
Bastin’s Pharmacy in Christchurch has been robbed at gun point.
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NZMA reaction knee jerk
29/07/2010 - The New Zealand Medical Association’s negative reaction to pharmacy’s Anti-coagulation Management Service pilot is knee jerk, says Pharmaceutical Society president Elizabeth Plant.
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Pharmacists standing for DHB elections
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Pharmac funding for contraceptive implants
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Pharmac role expanded
22/07/2010 PHARMAC will take over the procurement and management of all hospital medicines from district health boards. Will have a say in the purchase of medical devices as well.
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Cough&Cold meds for under-12 Pharmacy Only from May 2011
22/07/2010 FROM May 2011, cough and cold medicines containing dextromethorphan and phenylephrine meant for children under-12 will go Pharmacy Only.
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Atlantis plan overseas expansion
22/07/2010 - Atlantis healthcare plans to use $20m it has received in venture capital investment to fund overseas expansion and research and development activities.
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GPs question pharmacist prescribing scope
21/07/2010 - The Royal NZ College of GPs will work with the Pharmacy Council on further development of the proposed pharmacist prescriber scope of practice.
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