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Guild urges Hunt to act Coffee
three pages of news plus a full Pharmacy Guild executive Quilty said such a plan was
page from Guardian. director David Quilty has asked
federal health minister Greg Hunt
long overdue to provide clarity
and certainty for community
still
Members hail Sigma
to follow up his positive speech at pharmacies, covering the risk-share going
cold?
APP last week (PD 10 Mar) with agreement, location rules, access
The recent Sigma Conference, urgent action. to community pharmacy programs
which took place on the Gold Coast Writing in the Guilds Forefront and primary health care integration.
in the lead-up to APP last week, update yesterday, Quilty said: He said the Guilds national
was well received by delegates What absolutely distinguished president George Tambassis and
from both Amcal and Guardian Minister Hunts speech was his the pharmacy viability team were
branded pharmacies. genuine empathy for community working closely and constructively Join a pharmacy
Lilijana Cosic, from Corrimal Court pharmacies as small businesses with Minister Hunt and his staff. group thats hot on
Guardian in NSW, named 2017 and for pharmacists as health With price disclosure, script dispensary efficiency
Guardian Pharmacy of the Year, practitioners. volume shortfalls, the 6CPA risk
said the event consolidated what He noted the ministers emphasis share issue and the high cost of
and effectiveness,
the pharmacy had been building on on improving outcomes through a handling hepatitis C drugs, our so you can enjoy a
for the last five years. stronger focus on preventative and sector is at a tipping point, Quilty nice hot cup of coffee
Weve done the pilots, and mental health (with pharmacies concluded, saying community
we now have the tools with our an active participant in these pharmacy owners were looking to
Professional Services and our Leapp pillars of his broader health policy the minister to urgently deliver on
program, she said, adding that the agenda) plus a commitment to the these critical issues. AND FOCUS ON
new market positioning enabled development of pharmacy plan. WHATS IMPORTANT
the pharmacy to show customers
exactly who we want to be. ATO boost for Avita YOUR CUSTOMER
We cant only survive in our FDA Keytruda tick Wound treatment specialist firm
future market, but we can own it, The US Food and Drug Avita Medical has hailed the receipt
she said. Administration has granted of a Research & Development
Ralph Kaiko from Amcal Max in accelerated approval for Keytruda Tax Incentive rebate from the
Salamander Bay NSW described the (pembrolizumab) for the treatment Australian Taxation Office worth
conference as a marathon that the of adult and paediatric patients almost $1 million.
Sigma team finished in first place. with refractory classical Hodgkin The money delivers an important
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and the whole Sigma team, he said. relapsed after three or more prior commercialise its ReCell skin and to.meet.the.family
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