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Tuesday 01 Dec 2015

Todays issue of PD

Pharmacy Daily today has


two pages of news, plus full a
page from Optica Accessories.

FX medicine portal
A new online gateway to
evidence-based complementary
and integrative medicine has
launched, with aspirations to
provide a trusted reference library
for Australian health professionals.
Dubbed FX Medicine, the portal
has been developed to provide
consumers and practitioners alike
with a trusted source of integrative
medicine research and practical
information, according to the
companys Head of Education,
Danny Urbinder.
He said many people turn to the
internet for health information but
the plethora of inaccuracies make it
difficult to know what to believe.
All information presented on FX
Medicine is written and researched
by a team of qualified health
professionals, he said, with the
site also overseen by a scientific
advisory board made up of experts
including Australias Dr Mark
Donohoe, integrative medicine
doctor and nutritional biochemist
Dr Robert Buist.
See www.fxmedicine.com.au.

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Willach expands operations


Pharmacy dispensary
automation specialist Willach has
more than doubled the size of its
Melbourne offices, opening the
doors of a new $500,000 training
facility in Burwood last month.
The move reflects the companys
strong confidence in the Australian
market, with Willach operating
locally for a decade now.

NPS cannabis update


NPS MedicineWise has today
published the latest edition of
Australian Prescriber, including an
article on the clinical applications
and challenges of introducing
medicinal cannabis into Australia.
Written by the University of
Sydneys Dr Bridin Murnion, the
article describes the therapeutic
use of cannabinoids, as well as
the ongoing debate and evolving
legislative landscape.
If medicinal cannabis is to be
introduced it should be supported
with prescriber and consumer
education, prescriber peer review,
a robust authority process and
pharmacovigilance for adverse
events, Murnion said.
To read the full article online see
www.australianprescriber.com.

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John Koot, md of Willach


Australia, said this facility is a real
point of difference for us and a
demonstration of our commitment
to being around for the long term
and providing our customers with
the best ongoing support.
The purpose-built training facility
will see Willach instruct new and
existing clients about improving
their dispensary workflows, as
well as handling the change
management process.
It houses complete automated,
non-automated and hospital
dispensary set-ups along with a full
design studio.
The expanded facility has seen
Willach also increase its local stock
holding, with a full range of parts
and accessories, shelving and
drawer systems and CONSIS robots
- meaning the company is able to
supply new customers with systems
almost immediately.
Willach has now installed more
than 800 automated and nonautomated solutions in Australia.

Pharmacies nail AEs


Community pharmacies have
been significant contributors to
reports of adverse events (AEs)
according to a presentation
from the Therapeutic goods
Administration to the ARCS
(formerly named the Association of
Regulatory and Clinical Scientists)
Pharmacovigilance Interest Area
meeting in November.
The number of adverse
events reported by community
pharmacists exceeded those from
GPs or consumers over the past
three years, while those from
industry sponsors have been
greater than the reports from
all other sources over the same
period.
CLICK HERE for the presentation.

6CPA DAA potential


MPS Australia has urged
pharmacies to ramp up their
dosage administration aids (DAA)
offerings, with significant funding
available for DAA services allocated
in the Sixth Community Pharmacy
Agreement (6CPA).
MPS ceo Luke Fitzgerald says the
upcoming Primary Health Care
Advisory Group reform paper is
understood to recommend the
formal creation of the so-called
medical home for patients with
chronic conditions - the vast
majority of whom would benefit
greatly from a DAA.
MPS offers an accreditation
partnership arrangement with
pharmacies to enable them to
better serve their customers
with chronic conditions and
especially those in residential
aged care facilities, helping meet
the Pharmacy board of Australias
Guidelines on dose administration
aids and staged supply of dispensed
medicines which takes effect 07
Dec, Fitzgerald said.
A survey by NPS MedicineWise in
Oct found 29% of respondents aged
50 or older took seven or more
prescription medicines regularly,
with only 10% of the those
accessing a DAA.

API gong for LOreal


Australian Pharmaceutical
Industries has named LOreal as its
Supplier of the Year at the annual
API Supplier Excellence Awards.
API ceo Stephen Roche said
LOreals continuous innovation
combined with first to market
opportunities, exclusive launches
and compelling product offers
made it a stand-out choice.
LOreal also won the Beauty
Supplier of the Year and Loyalty
Support categories, while Swisse
won the Club Premium Supplier
and Excellence in Training awards.

NOT ALL PROBIOTIC STRAINS


DO THE SAME THING
Recommend therapeutic, scientifically
validated strains.
Always read the label. Use only as directed.

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Tuesday 01 Dec 2015

Dougie speaks for


Pharmacy Cricket
Australian cricketing great
Doug Walters MBE will be the guest
speaker at the final night dinner
of the upcoming 9th National
Pharmacy Cricket Carnival, which
will be played in Newcastle, NSW
from 12-15 Jan 2016.
The competition will see teams
competing for the magnificent
Chemists Interstate Challenge
Cricket Shield which was first
contested in 1908.
For more information see
www.pharmacycricket.com.au.

Guild Update

Guild joins
Decembeard
campaign
The The Guild has encouraged
members to help support
this months Decembeard,
a month-long awareness
campaign that raises much
needed funds to fight against
bowel cancer.
Now in its third year,
Decembeard encourages
men to grow a beard in the
final month of the year and
raise funds for Bowel Cancer
Australia to help save lives
from Australias second biggest
cancer killer.
Women and children are
also encouraged to take part
in Decembeard Australia by
making, baking or faking a
beard.
Bowel Cancer Australias vision
is to reduce incidence, death
and suffering associated with
bowel cancer through advocacy,
awareness, education, support
and research.

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SA pharmacist honoured
Adelaide
pharmacist Scott
McGregor, former
Branch Committee
member of the
Pharmacy Guilds South
Australian branch, has
been awarded the
Barry Schultz medal
for 2015, with the
gong accorded to a
pharmacist deemed
to have demonstrated
the qualities that made
the late Barry Schultz
such a distinguished
pharmacist and
community member.
McGregors career
achievements were
highlighted by the
Guilds SA branch director, Michael
Robertson, including being
managing director of the Chemplus
Group as well as many years of
service to the Pharmacy Guild.
The medal was presented at the
opening ceremony for the Guilds
new South Australian premises
by Minister for Health Sussan Ley,
whos pictured with McGregor
and Guild South Australian branch
president Nick Panayiaris.

RGH Phcy E-Bulletin

No MAN is too big for a condom.


A social media trend originally
designed to promote safe sex
demonstrates that condoms can
adapt to any size head, literally,
but theres a dark side.
The #condomchallenge involves
filling a condom with water
creating a large water balloon,
tying it off and dropping it onto
the head of a willing individual,
who is usually pictured sitting on
the edge of a bath.
The result is a comic bubble
of condom around the head of
the volunteer (pictured below),
who nevertheless faces the risk
of suffocation under the rubber
pressing on their face.

This weeks E-Bulletin from SAs


Repatriation General Hospital (RGH)
reviews a recent study from the
Royal Prince Alfred and Westmead
Hospitals in Sydney, investigating
the use of nicotinamide for nonmelanoma skin cancers and actinic
keratosis published in the New
England Journal of Medicine.
CLICK HERE to access the bulletin.

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CORNER

Heres a good example of


healthy ageing - but were not too
sure about the potential effects
on this 82-year-olds hearing.
Brian Hawkins from Oakura
in NZ has bought four tickets to
an upcoming AC/DC concert in
Wellington - and hes taking his
daughters and a grandson along.
The octogenarian rocker said it
had always been his dream to see
Australias loudest band again,
after becoming a fan in the 1970s
and going to a concert in England
in the 1990s.
His musical tastes also extend to
other rock bands, with Hawkins
telling the Dominion Post he went
to see Kiss in Auckland with his
grandson in October.

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