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New Bisolvon namebOeHRinGeR Ingelheim has

renamed its Bisolvon Chesty Tablets

and Soluble Tablets to include

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contain 8mg of bromhexine per

tablet which is the same strength as

Bisolvon Chesty Forte Liquid.

The Bisolvon Chesty Forte Tablets

and Bisolvon Chesty Forte Soluble

Tablets have relaunched with

updated product packaging, but

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that it is the same trusted product

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“There are no changes to EAN

codes, PDE codes or pricing of the

variants,” she said.

“The inclusion of ‘Forte’ will

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Bisolvon Chesty double strength

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compared to other products in the

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The new range will be phased

into retail pharmacy in the next few

months, she said.

PD Fri winnercOnGRAtulAtiOns to Alana

Barton from Covidien, who was

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in Friday’s Pharmacy Daily .

See pag 2 for this week’s comp.

Black cohosh studyFlORDis has released details of 

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relieving menopausal symtoms.

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value of black cohosh in the relief 

of menopausal symptoms.”

Advance at PAC13

leADinG academic pharmacistProfessor Lisa Nissen will present

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Nissen is Head of the School of 

Clinical Sciences at Qld University

of Technology, and her research

ocuses on the Quality Use of 

Medicines in the wider community,

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pharmacists including development

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pain management and prescribing.

More info at psa.org.au/pac.

Di-Gesic to stay on ARTGtHe A App

Tribunal of Australia (AAT) has

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dextropropoxypene, including

Di-Gesic and Doloxene, should

remain on the Australian Register

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products (PD 15 Apr).

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company was unable to reach

agreement with the TGA.

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must provide a ‘Prescriber

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adequately treated with other mild

analgesics, and have warned the

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of the product.

The PSA will produce guidelines

for dispensing of the products,

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pharmacists have obtained the

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regular monitoring of a sample of 

pharmacists and wholesalers to

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requirements.

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the judgement.

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ditors Bruce Piper and Mal Smith email info@pharmacydaily.com.au   advertising M Hzk  email @phcyy.c.u page 2rmacy Daily is a publicaon for health professionals of Pharmacy Daily Pty Ltd ABN 97 124 094 604. All content fully protected by copyright. Please obtain wrien permission from the editor to reproduce any material. While every care has been taken in the

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Welcome toPD’s weeklycomment feature.This week’scontributor isDebbie Capuano,RecruitmentConsultant at

Raven’s Recruitment.

Work Culture – And It’s

Importance!As a Business Owner or Managerdo people enjoy working withinyour organisation’s culture? Is thisa question you have asked yourself 

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Are you surprised at the answer

and concerned about what thiscould mean for your businessmoving forward?

The importance is paramount asyou look to secure the best sta,

encourage them to be passionateabout your business and to keepthem motivated as time goes on.

If you believe your organisationsculture needs strengthening, Isuggest you spend some timelooking at the following areas:

• Building understandingamongst your team of what yourculture is about;

• Considering ways you canmeasure your culture and it’seect;

• Setting the organisation’sintegrity compass;

• Creating a plan to develop ahealthy culture; and

• Facilitating eective change if needed.

If there is something that is uglyand insidious within your culturethat is as plain as the end of your

nose, don’t muck about with it –confront it head on and then enjoybreathing the fresh air that owsthrough your business.

You must be prepared to lead

by example in all areas of yourorganisation’s culture if you expect“your people” to really get it, butbelieve me, your customers will

notice the dierence in a verypositive way for your bottom line!

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DISPENSARY

CORNER

A MOtHeR in the Eastern

European country of Georgia in

the former USSR has preserved

the body of her son for the last 18

years using vodka.

Tsiuri Kvaratshkelia said that

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she decided against burying him,

so that the young man’s ownbaby child “could see what kind of 

father he had”.

Joni’s body was placed in a

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balsam sap to preserve the body.

However soon Tsiuri said she

had a dream in which “somebody

was telling me to wake up and

start using vodka to care for the

body”.

“I have been using spirit liquid

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not leave the body without them

during the night because it will

turn black,” she said.

tHis family will be very good

pharmacy customers.

A couple in the US state of 

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conceived babies last week.

The quintuplets were born

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to Evonne and Dion Derrico.Thy’ b

with ‘D’ in accordance with family

: Dk (by), Dz

(boy), Deonee (girl), Daician (girl),

and Daiten (another girl).

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J&J contaminationJOHnsOn & Johnson is recalling

some vials of Risperdal Consta in

the US over concerns about mould

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analysis of one batch of the

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has shown the presence of the

mould Alternaria alternata.

She said there had not been

any trends of adverse events

associated with the batch which

was manufactured last year.

The move followed another

recall last week by J&J’s McNeilConsumer Healthcare Division of 

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Infants’ Drops due to possible

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TGA examines medical appstHe Thpuc G

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related smartphone and tablet

apps “presents new and complex

challenges for the TGA and

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to be medical devices if they are

intended to be used for diagnosis,

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This would include apps which

do blood glucose analysis, monitor

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would be considered within the

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However the TGA says that many

mobile apps are simply sources of 

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professionals or consumers other

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NSW Guild directorRYAn Fletcher has been named as

the new Director of the Pharmacy

Guild’s NSW branch.

Branch president Si Banks

said that Fletcher had extensive

experience in government, industryand private sector policy and

advocacy roles.

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the beginning of next month.

ASMI codeine update

tHe Au Sf-McIndustry says that OTC medicines

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relief of moderate to strong pain,”

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University of Adelaide study which

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pain in mice.

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very high doses.

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