Bitter Pill for Pharmacy Grads
Malaysia13th,Feb.,2012 PETALING JAYA: It is not just nurses who are finding it hard to get job placement in public However, unlike the job shortage for nurses, which was blamed on oversupply and not meeting market demands, pharmacy graduates believe…
Improving Dermatology Skills
Australia22 February 2012 It is well known that low vitamin D levels lead to osteomalacia and it is well accepted that vitamin D is important in the maintenance of bone health and in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. However, many additional…
Real Impact of Pharmacies on Ageing Population
Australia16th Feb,2012 Delegates to the 2012 Offshore Refresher Conference will hear of the impact on pharmacies of an ageing population and how the attendant rise in medical costs for individuals as they get older affects health costs. In a presentation…
PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.6 22nd Feb.,2012
Australia22nd Feb,2012 The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has updated the public and health care professionals about the regulatory status of dextropropoxyphene-containing painkillers after a preliminary decision by the Administrative Appeals…
PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.5 15th Feb.,2012
Australia15th Feb,2012 The Gillard Government will set up a new $5 million national electronic records system to combat abuse of controlled drugs including prescription painkillers. The Electronic Recording and Reporting of Controlled Drugs system will…
PBS Spending Growth is Well Below Government’s Own Target
AustraliaFebruary 2012 Medicines Partnership of Australia For the PBS to be able to continue to provide Australians with access to subsidised medicines, both new and existing, while growing at less than the rate of inflation is an extraordinary achievement.…
Continued Dispensing to Benefit Patients
Australia16 February 2012 The National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2011 implements two key initiatives of the Pharmacy Agreement, both of which will deliver better health outcomes for Australian consumers. Continued…
Asia Pacific Conference on National Medicine Polices
AustraliaThe Asia Pacific Conference on National Medicines Policies will take place in Sydney, Australia from 26 to 29 May 2012. This conference is being held in collaboration with NPS: Better choices, Better health (Australia's independent quality…
Call For More Info on 1Care Plan
MalaysiaPETALING JAYA: Netizens are calling for more information on the 1Care for 1Malaysia healthcare reforms as debate about the scheme picks up. Online protests against the plan have been mounting although the Health Ministry has yet to released…
Too Early to Talk About 1Care, Says Ministry
Malaysia31st, Jan.,2012 PETALING JAYA: Protests by a Facebook group called #taknak1care has prompted the Health Ministry to take on some of the group’s claims against the ministry’s proposed healthcare reforms under the 1Care for 1Malaysia system.…