Medical Students Urge Candidates To Focus on Health

27 October 2011 LONG HOURS: Groups of medical workers said that many of them were forced to work up to 120 hours per week, sometimes with long stretches of 30 hours. Medical students urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election…

Hep B Vaccinations Should Be Given to Diabetics: US Advisers

27 October 2011 U.S. vaccine advisers on Tuesday voted to recommend routine vaccination for Hepatitis B for adults with diabetes under the age of 60 and said people older than 60 “may” get the vaccine as well. The Advisory Committee on Immunization…

Australian Pharmacist Newsletter – Vol.30, No. 11, November 2011

November 2011 PAC11 raises the bar PSA held is most successful Pharmacy Australia Congress 2011 (PAC11) ever at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre last month with record numbers attending. Congress Committee Chair John Jackson said…

PSA Supports National Medication Safety Week

7 November 2011 The critical role pharmacists play in ensuring the quality use of medicines is being highlighted over the next seven days in the inaugural National Medication Safety Week. During the week from 7-13 November, pharmacists are urged…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.1, No. 25, 2 November 2011

2 November 2011 A major online survey of Pharmacy Guild members has found significant ongoing dissatisfaction with the exclusive direct-to-pharmacy distribution system introduced by Pfizer in February this year. In order to gauge the current…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.1, No. 24, 26 October 2011

26 October 2011 The number of clinical interventions conducted by community pharmacists and recorded through GuildCare software in the month of September almost doubled the number from August. Meanwhile, the number in August was almost triple…

Pharmacist Coalition Slams Another Questionable Deal

The pharmacy profession must remain transparent at all times and must not be tarnished by commercial deals, the Pharmacist Coalition for Health Reform has said following reports that the Pharmacy Guild has set up a deal with MyGene which provides…

PSA-Campaign

The “Show Us Your Lungs!” campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of looking after your lungs and acting promptly if experiencing symptoms of lung disease. Celebrity advocate, John Jarratt, has put his weight behind the campaign…

Appeal to the Cosmeceutical Entrepreneur for Self-Discipline to Follow the Legislation of Pharmacist

Appeal to the Cosmeceutical Entrepreneur for Self-Discipline to Follow the Legislation of Pharmacists Personally Practice in the Stores! Author/Wen GuoXiong (Chairman of Community Pharmacy Committee) According to the recent report that New Taipei…

TPIP Required That Bureau of National Health Insurance Should Provide The Public Version of XML Form

Bureau of National Health Insurance required TPIP to provide the recommendations for changing the application format for medical payment to XML system a few days ago. Regarding this, TPIP had a query about this because that the health insurance…