Small wins for small business
The federal budget did contain some welcome initiatives to help the small business community While the attention of most in the pharmacy sector was on medicines policy when Federal Treasurer …
A troubled new age looms
Federal Budget delivers expected pain for community pharmacy, with some minor gains, while general practice wins major concessions Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered what many in community pharmacy are …
Coming up on the calendar
The pharmacy world will be coming to Australia later in 2023, meanwhile a prominent health reformer will be speaking to the sector. Let’s look at the latest news in events …
The week in review
The debate over the impact of 60-day dispensing rumbled on this week, while regulations tightened on paracetamol and e-cigarettes Pharmacy continued to express its opposition to the planned move to …
Hello to the PBS
May 1948: Pharmacists were preparing for the launch of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme on 1 June, despite ongoing opposition from doctors threatening its success Australia’s pharmacists were gearing up for …
CWH’s Tascone takes on Guild – with jelly beans
Disruptor chain director speaks out on location/ownership rules, supermarkets moving into pharmacy…and the jelly bean wars The My Chemist director’s exclusive interview with AJP at the 2023 APP conference covered …
‘An excrescence foisted on legitimate pharmacists’
April 1923: Calls are growing for the government to close loopholes and restrict pharmacy ownership to pharmacists “It is a matter for regret that in the pharmacy laws of the …
The next move
The chess pieces have shifted noticeably for community pharmacy in recent days. AJP editor Chris Brooker reflects on what’s occurred and what may happen next On Thursday 20th I closed …
April MIMS update
We look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products as well as changes to indications New products Belzutifan (Welireg) is an inhibitor of hypoxia‑inducible …
Prescribing not an increase in scope
Queensland’s urinary tract infection (UTI) pharmacy pilot is being hailed as a success by Dr Jean Spinks, a senior research fellow at the University of Queensland’s Centre for the Business …
Probiotics, not just about gut health
We speak to Jessica Simonis, clinical nutritionist, about the growing body of evidence for the utility of probiotics In this video, Simonis discusses the current state of evidence for the …
Pharmacies facing increase in ‘cyber activity’
Andrew McManus, Fred IT Group’s general manager service delivery, addresses the rising threat cyber criminals pose to Australia’s community pharmacy network and how to defend against attacks “The risk is …