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Anticholinergic meds
cognitive loss links
CARDIAC heart failure (CHF)
patents have a high exposure to
antcholinergic agents which in turn
are contributng to some cognitve
impairment (CI), according to
new work out of Indianapolis and
published in Drugs & Aging.
The authors concluded that CHF
patents had a substantal exposure
to antcholinergic medicatons
which could be an important
contributor to CI.
CLICK HERE to read.
Health destination call
MARKETING your pharmacy as a
health destnaton is going to be vital
for pharmacies to survive healthcare
reforms, according to director
of policy and practce at the
Pharmaceutcal Society of Australia
(PSA) Dr Alison Roberts, who will be
a keynote speaker at the Australian
Self Medicaton Industry (ASMI)
Conference on 18 Nov.
Roberts will discuss results of the
PSA funded Health Destnaton
Pharmacy Trial.
Halaven funded for BC
HALAVEN (eribulin mesilate)
from Eisai Australia has been
granted PBS reimbursement in
Australia for the treatment of
patents with locally advanced or
metastatc breast cancer (BC) who
have progressed afer at least two
chemotherapeutc regimens for
advanced disease.
CLICK HERE for the full PI.
NPS fatigue case study
NPS MedicineWise has a new
interactve case study called
Fatgue: a diagnostc approach.
NPS MedicineWise clinical adviser
Dr Andrew Boyden said the study
focused on clinical decision making
maters when a patent presented
with fatgue.
Understanding what a patent
means by the term fatgue is a
challenge in itself.
People lead busy lives and it
can be difcult to identfy what is
normal and what is indicatve of a
signifcant disorder.
CLICK HERE to access the study.
Labour Day Monday
MONDAY is a public holiday
celebratng Labour Day for ACT,
NSW, SA and Qld so there will be no
Pharmacy Daily editon on 06 Oct.
Well be back one hour earlier on
Tuesday and we wish all our readers
a happy and safe long weekend.
A not so slippery deal
THE Australian Competton and
Consumer Commission (ACCC) has
said it will not oppose the Reckit
Benckiser (RB) brands purchase
of the K-Y brand from Johnson and
Johnson, in spite of the overlap in
the supply of personal lubricant
products (PD 13 Jun), with RB
owning Durex.
The ACCC considered that the
deal would not raise competton
concerns in other RB markets either.
CLICK HERE for more.
Med safety update
A NEW Medicines Safety Update
has been issued by the Therapeutc
Goods Administraton (TGA).
Updates relate to CV efects
with bupropion, priapism with
methylphenidate, and fetal
exposure to valproate.
CLICK HERE to access the updates.
MEANWHILE the TGA has
added Lumacafor from Vertex
Pharmaceutcals and Selexipag
from Actelion Pharmaceutcals to
the Orphan Drugs listng.
PPA nominations open
NOMINATIONS for the
Professional Pharmacists Australia
(PPA) electons are now open.
Ofces up for electon include
president, vice president, treasurer
and commitee member, with one
of the later reserved for a student
member.
Nominatons close 15 Oct.
CLICK HERE for more details.
#1627 North-Western Suburb of
Adelaide
This pharmacy has recently been
established in a developing area, there
is potential for new owner to take the
business to the next level.
Attractive sized turnover
Excellent location
Projected Turnover: $1,350,000
Projected Net: $123,737
Nominal Stock: $200,000
Fixtures, fttings & chattels: $200,000
Goodwill: Ofers
avens Pharmacy Sales
Phone 1800 670 440
US$3.5b pharma payments
PAYMENTS made by
pharmaceutcal and device
companies to US physicians and
teaching hospitals totalled nearly
US$3.5b (A$3.4b) in the last fve
months of 2013.
This is according to the frst round
of data from the Open Payments
program, released by the Centres
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS), which listed payments
including research grants and travel
reimbursements, fnding 4.4m were
made to 546,000 physicians and
1,360 teaching hospitals.
This frst raf of data excluded
payments of less than US$10,
however there was no minimum
threshold, CMS said.
The program did not identfy
which fnancial relatonships were
benefcial and which could cause
conficts of interest, CMS Centre
for Program Integrity director Dr
Shantanu Agrawal said.
The data shows the names of
physicians, amount and originatng
companies of payments, including
one doctor who received $155,772
for travel and lodging from
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmac
GmbH & Co. KG.
CLICK HERE for the data.
MEANWHILE in Australia,
submissions on Medicines
Australias 18th Code of Conduct,
which deals with payments to
healthcare professionals (PD 28 Jul,
01 Oct), contnue, with Monash
University School of Public Health
and Preventve Medicine Associate
Professor Ken Harvey challenging
the business to business deals to
encourage preferental stocking or
substtuton of a companys generic
product, saying such transactons
were excluded from disclosed
transfers of value, referring to
the Transparency Working Group
document.
Harvey also challenged the
independence of industry
sponsored educaton, saying that
this approach had been shown
to preferentally highlight the
sponsors drug compared with
independent educaton.
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Bayer buys Merck
BAYER Australia has completed
its purchase of Merck & Co Incs
consumer care business, with the
companies coming to a global
arrangement for the US$14.2b deal
in May.
This would give Australian
pharmacists access to an expanded
portolio of over the counter and
consumer health products under
the one Bayer brand, the company
said.
This portolio would now include
products in the allergy and
cough and colds category such as
Clarityne and Demazin, it said.
The acquisiton was approved
by the Australian Competton
and Consumer Commission, a
spokesperson for Bayer said.
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WELCOME to Pharmacy Dailys
events calendar, opportunities to
earn CPE and CPD points.
If you have an upcoming event
youd like us to feature, email
[email protected].
7 Oct: Brisbane Webinar - Travelling
Safe: A Pharmacists Guide; visit
www.psa.org.au
9 Oct: Australian Association of
Consultant Pharmacy Forum at
PAC 2014 National Convention;
Canberra; more at: www.psa.org.
au/pac/aacp-forum
10-12 Oct: Pharmacy Australia
Congress 2014; Canberra; more at:
www.psa.org.au/pac
15 Oct: Better Living with Lung
Cancer Forum; Brisbane; for more
details see: www.lungfoundation.
com.au
16-18 Oct: Pharmacy Assistant
Conference 2014; Gold Coast; see:
www.pharmacyassistants.com/
18-19 Oct: Medication Management
Review Stage 1 Workshop; Subiaco;
visit: www.psa.org.au
21 Oct: Keeping It Going QCPP
Maintenance; Sydney; for more
details see: www.guild.org.au
22 Oct: Diabetes and NDSS
Information Night; Subiaco; go to:
www.psa.org.au
24 Oct: Lung Health Education Day;
Melbourne; for more details see:
www.lungfoundation.com.au
25 Oct: Mental Health First Aid
Workshop; Newcastle; details at:
www.guild.org.au
25 Oct: Lung Health Education
Day; Campbell Town, Tasmania;
for more details see: www.
lungfoundation.com.au
26 Oct: Managing the side efects
of chemotherapy and cancer
treatments in the community;
James Cook University, Townsville;
www.psa.org.au
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#PHARMACIST Twiter love.
The second annual #Pharmacist
tweet-a-thon saw pharmacists
and sector groups tweet from all
over the world about the positve
impact pharmacists have on
customers and the community.
Fullife Pharmacies had some
crackers (@FullifePharm):
Elderly gentleman tripped on
the pavement, dressed wound
and ofered comfort and a cup of
tea.
Spoke to nursing home
residents on the increasing
prevalence of falls, preventon...
Then joined them for jam and
scones!
Cassie Fersterer kept it short
and sweet (@casfer):
#Pharmacists are awesome.
Just saying.
And also posted a pic of a
grinning eel telling this joke:
I asked the pharmacist if there
was any extra sodium in Mrs
Browns TPN. She said Na.
Apparently Too Sassy didnt live
up to their name with this nice
tweet (@MuglerHomme):
Today I optmised pain relief for
an amputee patent #pharmacist.
Search out more #pharmacist
love using the hashtag.
LIGHTNING or enlightening?
Dont prescribe this man
anything - despite being struck by
lightning, hes doing just fne.
Tony Cicoria was struck 20 years
ago while speaking on a public
payphone and was lef with a
burning passion for writng and
listening to piano music, reports
Orange News.
Apparently, the only way he
could deal with the obsession was
to spend 12 years learning the
piano, subsequently writng his
Lightning Sonata.
He has now posted his
performance of the work in
Mozart House, Vienna, online,
with the video clocking in at more
than 50,000 views.
CLICK HERE to watch him play
the compositon which is, in parts,
lightning quick...
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Sep CM cancellations
THE Therapeutc Goods
Administraton (TGA) has cancelled
Newlite Enterprises Child Cough
and Phlegm Drink, saying the goods
do not conform to a standard
applicable.
Also cancelled were Pharmacare
Laboratories K.P.24 Natural Head
Lice Mousse and Body & Health
Essentals Maxi Organic Red
Grapeseed because there was
insufcient evidence to support the
stated indicatons or insufcient
informaton was supplied by the
sponsor, the TGA said.
AIHW housing report
THOSE with drug and alcohol
use problems have the highest
rates of homelessness out of four
vulnerable groups, according to
a new report released by the
Australian Insttute of Health and
Welfare (AIHW).
The report examines the housing
outcomes of over 94,000 clients of
Specialist Homelessness Services
between 01 Jul 2011 to 31 Dec
2013 across the four cohorts.
The other three goups investgated
were those subject to domestc
violence, the young alone and
mentally ill - CLICK HERE to access.
New Guild online study
MANAGEMENT of anal fssure
in community pharmacy is a new
Guild Pharmacy Academy course
sponsored by Care Pharmaceutcals,
the manufacturers of Rectogesic
Ointment - CLICK HERE.
CSIRO v Gordagen
THE Federal Court has dismissed
an applicaton for discovery by
Gordagen Pharmaceutcals Pty Ltd
from CSIRO.
Justce Middleton said Gordagen
had concerns that confdental
informaton disclosed to CSIRO had
been misused, with the discovery
intended to allow the company to
ascertain how its informaton was
being used within CSIRO.
CSIRO had ofered in April to
provide copies in confdence of
two patent specifcatons fled
by Zeenar Enterprises Pty Ltd,
with which Gordagen had not
sufciently engaged, to determine
where this informaton would lead,
the judge said.
The partes should have engaged
further, relevantly Gordagen, in
further negotatons relatng to the
provision of informaton prior to
Gordagen bringing the applicaton.
CLICK HERE to read more.