Recycling Down Under

16 November 2011 In January next year, the Tour Down Under, once Adelaide's, now Australia's premier cycling event, will no doubt attract special attention with the amazing success of Cadel Evans in the Tour de France last July. Cycling, not…

Visit by Japanese Community Pharmacists

8 November 2011 On 18-Oct-2011, PSS hosted a group of pharmacy leaders from the Sogo Medical from Japan. Sogo Medical now employs in excess of 1,100 pharmacists with its business covering a diversified range from retail pharmacy business, to…

Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference & Trade Exhibition 2012

Earlybird registration closes on 31 December, so register now and save. Guild Members wishing to register for the Members Only Dinner and Breakfast must enter their membership number on the online registration form, so please ensure you have…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.1 No.27 November 2011

APP registration now open The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is planning another spectacular and memorable Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition (APP) in 2012. APP2012 will be held from 8-11 March at the Gold Coast Convention…

World Diabetes Day – Pharmacists’ Contributions to Diabetes Care

14 November 2011 Each year, World Diabetes Day is centered on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, diabetes and obesity, diabetes in the disadvantaged and the vulnerable,…

Report Predicts Surge in Diabetes by 2030

15 November 2011 GENEVA--The International Diabetes Federation predicts that one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to their latest statistics. In a report issued on Monday, the advocacy group estimated that 522 million people…

New Merck Anti-Clotting Drug Fails to Impress as Brain-Bleeding Triples

15 November 2011 ORLANDO, Florida--An experimental anti-clotting drug from Merck & Co. failed to meet the main goal of improving a host of cardiovascular problems in a large study and tripled the risk of bleeding in the brain, researchers said…

Visit by Japanese Community Pharmacists

8 November 2011 On 18-Oct-2011, PSS hosted a group of pharmacy leaders from the Sogo Medical from Japan. Sogo Medical now employs in excess of 1,100 pharmacists with its business covering a diversified range from retail pharmacy business, to…

Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference & Trade Exhibition 2012

Earlybird registration closes on 31 December, so register now and save.   Guild Members wishing to register for the Members Only Dinner and Breakfast must enter their membership number on the online registration form, so please ensure you have…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.1 No.27 November 2011

APP registration now open The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is planning another spectacular and memorable Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition (APP) in 2012. APP2012 will be held from 8-11 March at the Gold Coast Convention…