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NAB off-loads 12.5 million Sigma shares : 05/09/2008 : Last week we reported that SIGMA had been asked by the stock exchange (ASX) if they knew why their share price had spiked in recent weeks. It replied that, while it was aware that Hedge Funds 'were positioning for a break up of the drug maker and wholesaler', it was not aware of any reason for the share price spike.
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Health Corporation notches up $1.87 million loss : 05/09/2008 : In a statement lodged with the stock exchange last week Health Corporation, parent company of the Health Information Pharmacy (HIP) group, announced a $1.87million loss for the year ended June 30, 2008.
Mr Dunkley said that shareholder patience and support 'will be rewarded in due course'. More....
AusPharm Research Roundup
01/09/2008 :
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FDA Looking Into Vytorin and Cancer Risk, but Interim Analysis Reassuring for Patients to Continue With Medication Do married people live longer? FDA: Manufacturers of TNF-Blocker Drugs Must Highlight Risk of Fungal Infections Consumer Drug Advertising Not Always Effective Making a Nap Work for You Obese Patients Have Nearly Five Times Greater Risk of Hospitalization for Asthma |
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Poll result: locum pharmacists, are there enough of 'em? : 05/09/2008 : This week's poll asked 'listers what the availability of locums was like in their area. 
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"Ever had an E Coli kinda day? They creep up on you. Or at least the feeling does.
AusPharm Continuing Education
RGH Pharmacy E-Bulletin CPD Digest - Issue No 4 :: : 2/9/2008 : The RGH Pharmacy E-Bulletin CPD Digest is a new way for busy pharmacists, doctors and nurses to access high quality continuing professional development materials in a convenient, inexpensive and reliable format. Click here to do this Continuing Education activity.   AusPharm gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the sponsors of our CE program, MIMS and The Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH).
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Exciting expansion for Tas. university Medicare crackdown on healthcare fraud $250m saved from dodgy Medicare claims: Govt Doctors fight expansion of dob-in-colleague law Medicare rort audits to increase Speaking of suicide will help to cut tragic toll
Opinion
Rural and Remote HMRs in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia :: Chris Phillips : 1/9/2008 : Today's first instalment is from Chris Phillips, Senior Program Manager with the Kimberley Division of General Practice Broome. "Setting up a HMR service has been an evolving process. There are only 5 private pharmacies in the region, 3 of those being in Broome (with a resident population around 12,000). The other 2 pharmacies are located in Derby (200 km from Broome) and Kununurra in the East Kimberley (over 1000 kms from Broome)." (Thanks to Andrew Roberts for arranging this article for us. Have you seen Andrew's rural and remote blog? It's worth a look --> here.) More
Training is an investment not a cost :: Annette Ivory-Barker : 14/8/2008 : In today's AusPharm feature JR Pharmacy Services Senior Manager Annette Ivory-Barker talks about... More
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This week's PHARMeFOOTY celebrity tips : 05/09/2008 : We have two guest tipsters this week, Ken Sternes, who's really shown some skill at this in recent weeks and Irwin the evil chemist, filling in for Medici Capital's Frank Sirianni.
"This week, I have tipped the aquatic species to prevail over land based mammals. Except for the Bronchos and Tigers unless they were wearing aqualungs. And Storm: that just doesn't make sense. Much like my tipping over the years." More....
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Good news and bad news : 05/09/2008 :
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VCP graduate claims major award at FIP : 03/09/2008 : During the FIP 2008 opening ceremony in Basel, Switzerland, Victorian
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While AusPharm also does not know what factors might be influencing the SIGMA share price, yesterday NAB (and associates) lodged 
According to Health Corporation Chairman, Graham Dunkley, a company restructure, the departure of some non compliant pharmacies and continued expansion of the HIP group will see the company soon transition into profitability.
They’re the kind of coalface days when the only difference between your work day and that of a Gram negative microbe drifting in a sea of effluent is that, if you’re lucky, you may at least have the opportunity at the end of it to reproduce sexually. Not that silly horizontal DNA transfer business. The bugs can keep it. Mind you, they can manufacture their own alcohol so it’s not all gloom and hydrogen sulphide at the angstrom level." 
Welcome to Issue No 4 of the RGH Pharmacy E-Bulletin CPD Digest.
In the coming weeks we'll be bringing you a number of articles about how HMRs are conducted in the remote Kimberley area of WA. 
Irwin says: 
An elderly gentleman visits his doctor and after a thorough examination, the doctor tells him, "I have good news and bad news, what would you like to hear first?" 
College of Pharmacy graduate Dr Jennifer Dressman was presented with the 2008 FIP Distinguished Science award. The award is presented biennially in even years to an individual or group who has made outstanding contribution to the pharmaceutical sciences.
As a consequence, you'll be starting your week feeling as motivated, inspired and empowered as we all are. If your weekend didn't include even ONE of these elements... Gee, you really need to ask yourself WHY - 'Cos you shortchanged yourself big time! 
: Peter the Pearlcaster says: This pearl for the keeper of the keys is the key to the safe-keeping of the keys to the Controlled Drugs safe.
Looking after the key to the narcotics safe can be a logistical problem. How does one manage to control the key or keys? With change of shifts, there can a variety of pharmacists in charge.