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TGA names its new Head THE Department of Health andAgeing has appointed Dr JohnSkerritt as the new NationalManager of the Therapeutic GoodsAdministration. Dr Skerritt has a PhD inPharmacology, is an adjunctProfessor at the University ofQueensland, and is currently theDeputy Secretary of theDepartment of Primary Industriesin the Victorian Government. With 25 years worth ofexperience in negotiating, leadingmajor technical and commercialcollaborations with OECD and Asia-Pacific countries, Skerritt has alsopreviously served as the DeputyCEO of the Australian Centre forInternational Agricultural Research,and was a two term Ministerial

appointee on the Gene TechnologyTechnical Advisory Committee. “Dr Skerritt currently leads morethan 1200 staff (including 700regulatory staff in two majorscience-based regulatory Divisions)and has more than 17 yearsexperience managing laboratoryprograms and operations indiagnostics, cell culture, biomedicalinstrumentation, chemistry andbiochemistry,” said Secretary of theDoHA, Professor Jane Halton. “He also has recent experience inthe regulatory reform of veterinarydrugs and agrochemicals, whichincludes chairing a nationalcommittee of Commonwealth andState Regulators,” Halton added. Skerritt will take up the role at theTGA by the end of the month. MEANWHILE, the newappointment has been widelywelcomed by the industry. Speaking in the wake of theannouncement, theComplementary Healthcare Councilof Australia’s Executive Director, DrWendy Morrow said “we lookforward to continuing the open andmature dialogue which existsbetween Industry and the TGA, andworking closely with Dr Skerritt onimplementing appropriate TGA andindustry reforms”. “With the TGA Blueprintdocument, levels of evidenceconsultation and other reviewsbeing completed or in varyingstages of implementation, DrSkerritt’s background in regulatoryreform will stand him in good steadin his new role,” she added.

Start the conversation THE National Association ofPeople Living with HIV/AIDS, haslaunched a campaign which aims atgetting sufferers of the disease totalk to their healthcare providersabout the latest HIV treatments. As such, the Australasian Societyfor HIV Medicine has put togethera basic tool kit designed to helphealth practitioners answerquestions and provide guidance onthe clinical management of HIV. The campaign follows on fromthe release of new treatmentguidelines, which recommend HIVtreatment for all people living withHIV, whether the infection is recentor longer term, based on growingevidence that delaying treatmentcan have serious health impacts. To access the tool kit CLICK HERE.

Liz wins straight hair CONGRATULATIONS to Liz Sleepfrom Monarch ChemmartPharmacy in South Australia(pictured below with her prize) whowas the luckyfirst drawwinner of theLtd EditionGHD PeacockHairStraightener,courtesy ofHigh TechHealth. For more chances to win a Hairstraightener, go towww.elearning.hthealth.combecause there are two more drawsbefore the end of May to go.

Code consultation THE Pharmacy Board isconducting a consultation on aminor amendment to the currentCode of Conduct for registeredhealth practitioners. The amendment refers to thepossibility of adding an extraparagraph on codes of ethics and theneed for pharmacists to be guidedby codes relevant to their practice. Interested parties are invited tocomment on the proposal until 22June, CLICK HERE for more details.

Aboriginal health A NEW Aboriginal Health Precinctin Clovelly Park, Adelaide, hasopened this month. The centre is designed to providea culturally appropriate setting foremployment training andhealthcare service delivery.

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The PCHR closes its doors THE Pharmacist Coalition forHealth Reform (PCHR), made up ofThe Pharmaceutical Society ofAustralia (PSA), the Society ofHospital Pharmacists (SHPA) andthe Pharmacists Division of theAssociation of ProfessionalEngineers, Scientists and ManagersAustralia (APESMA) has announcedit will no longer operate as anentity, and that it will end itsexistence from this week. The PCHR launched to greataplomb in June last year, with theaim of generating awareness withinthe healthcare sector, theGovernment, and the generalpublic, of the skills and knowledgethat pharmacists can bring to thehealthcare table, and which couldbe better utilised to improve thehealth outcomes of all Australians. Despite the conclusion of thePCHR, the PSA, SHPA and APESMAhave said that they remaincommitted to the goals of the

Pharmacy Coalition for HealthReform and will “continue to buildon efforts to ensure the pharmacyprofession is better recognised andintegrated into the wider healthcare sector”. “The partners will continue toseek opportunities to workcollaboratively in areas where suchcollaboration will help meet ourcommon goals and those of theirmembers,” the trio said in astatement.

More NPS tools NPS has updated its onlineMedicine Name Finder with a neweasy-to-use interface where userscan type in the name of theirmedicine to find out more aboutthe active ingredient and brandsavailable, plus a link to theConsumer Medicine Informationleaflet. CLICK here for more.

EASTERN Europe travelspecialist Beyond Travel isoffering special discounts on avariety of “Stay Pay” hotel dealsin Prague in time for theupcoming European summerseason, for bookings made by 13May. Specials include a stay four/paythree night deal at the centrallylocated three-star Cloister Inn,Prague. Under the deal, prices startfrom $57 per person per night inJuly and August. Deals also include a stay fourpay three offer at the four-starHotel Leonardo, with ratesstarting from $78pp per night onstays from 16 June to 24 August. Call 1300 363 554 for details.

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DEAD tired. A Polish construction worker,Bartek Bablewski, was reporteddead to police, after he decidedto grab 40-winks in the backseatof his car. Apparently Bablewski soresembled a corpse when heslept that he concerned multiplemembers of the public. “I’d taken my shirt off because Iwas hot and I always sleep withmy arms across my chest,”Bablewski told reporters. “The next thing I knew policeand paramedics were trying totear the door off my car. “It scared the life out of me,”he added. Bablewski added that it wasnot only he that got a fright, andthat when his ‘corpse’ moved it“scared the life” out of theemergency response team.

CYBERSPACE leads to love. It seems to be a sign of theever increasingly technologicallyadvanced times, when a Britishcouple, Marie and Jay Coulbeck,chose to get engaged onlineduring a game, before havingever met. The duo’s avatars Goddess ofthe Orient and Gunnerreportedly hit it off instantly inthe online chat room IMVU, andan internet romance was born. The pair got engaged in thegame months later, and it wasonly after a ring was exchangedonline that they anxiouslydecided to swap photos. Their worry came from the factthat their avatars did not entirelymatch their real worldincarnations, however sightingphotos did not dim their love,with the each saying that theother was their absolute dream. “We actually think the game isa bit silly now, but thank God weboth joined or we would neverhavefoundeachother,”Jay said.

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