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Dispensing fail reprimand

Coffee The Queensland Civil and communicate with the prescribing
still Administrative Tribunal has
reprimanded pharmacist Hayden
medical practitioner to obtain
approval, or verify whether it was
going Swan and imposed conditions on
his registration after finding he
necessary to dispense that many
doses.
cold? engaged in unprofessional conduct
by inappropriately dispensing
The Boards reprimand included
conditions on his registration
large amounts of Sustanon 250 requiring him to complete an
(testosterone) to a patient. education course on professional
The Pharmacy Board of Australia ethics and dispensing and he was
Join a pharmacy referred him to the tribunal on 27 also required to pay the Boards
group thats hot on Mar 2015, with Swan admitting he costs.
dispensary efficiency engaged in unprofessional conduct In considering the
by inappropriately dispensing appropriateness of the proposed
and effectiveness, testosterone to a patient in 2012, sanction, the tribunal took into
so you can enjoy a relying solely on the information account that this was an isolated
nice hot cup of coffee the patient provided him despite incident in his career and he
having access to his dispensing had demonstrated insight by
history. making appropriate admissions
The records revealed the quantity and fully co-operating during the
AND FOCUS ON of testosterone-based medications proceedings.
WHATS IMPORTANT dispensed, namely nine ampoules, The sanction also recognised that
exceeded the usual dosage detailed he was at the time of the offence a
YOUR CUSTOMER in the MIMS Product Information relatively inexperienced pharmacist.
for Sustanon and Primoteston.
Swan admitted he failed to
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The United States and the
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Pfizer will formally debut a within pharmacies and help them European Union have agreed to that its current managing director
new online ordering system for balance inventory levels, satisfy extend their existing cooperation for Australia, Glen Curren, has been
pharmacies at APP next week, with patient needs and minimise the so they will be able to utilise appointed to a new leadership role
the new platform being the latest cost of slow moving inventory. each others good manufacturing in the companys European Region
evolution of its long-running Pfizer Pfizer Proactive Supply removes practice (GMP) inspections of and will be relocating to the United
Direct distribution system which the labour intensive task of pharmaceuticals facilities. Kingdom.
controversially launched more than predicting what is required, as The amended Mutual Recognition Curran has been in his role since
six years ago (PD 06 Dec 2010). well as reducing the time taken in agreement is the culmination of August 2011 and during this time
Dubbed Pfizer Proactive generating an order, she said. three years of cooperation under has established a strong and
Supply, it uses historical ordering We hope it will give pharmacists the Mutual Reliance Initiative, and dynamic business, delivering 12
information to forecast monthly more time to serve their patients will allow the FDA and EU drug successful product launches during
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generate suggested orders. The system, which has already from drug inspections conducted He also steered the organisation
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and change the proposals online, or pharmacies, is accessible via Ultimately this will enable the FDA combination with Actavis.
make their own customised orders www.thepfizerhub.com.au. and EU to avoid the duplication of The current vice president of
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Sofia Williams, said the new system parts of the world where there may manager for the Australian and
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