Change of plan
The Australian College of Pharmacy’s Board will now hold a general meeting allowing members to debate in person on the controversial proposal for the College to be restructured The meeting …
Emergency supply green light
Victorian pharmacists join their NSW colleagues in gaining special authority for emergency supply The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the Victorian government’s decision to allow the state’s pharmacists to …
The fire crisis
Military helicopters dropping medicines on the beach and jet ski patient drop-offs the new normal for fire-impacted pharmacies. We look at the situation across three states State Pharmacy Guild of …
World News Wrapup: 9 January 2020
Pharmacy opens despite petrol bombing; US state files new charges against J&J; and legal sales of cannabis edibles about to begin in Canada Halifax, UK: A pharmacy has opened as …
Welcome to 2020
AJP is back to bring you another year of news, views, education and information Welcome to the first AJP daily edition for 2020. With many no doubt reeling from the …
Best of the decade
We’ve collated our list of the top 20 most clicked stories for the last decade. Can you guess what was number one? This is the final AJP newsletter for 2019, …
Doing its due diligence
College Board says it followed correct procedures when PSA offer was rejected The Board of the Australian College of Pharmacy followed correct procedures and conducted proper due diligence in assessing …
The numbers are in
Research is continuing to determine the clinical and financial efficacy of MedsChecks, Department says, as it releases the latest figures on uptake of the Pain MedsCheck trial program The final …
Changing direction
Pfizer subsidiary dumps direct distribution model to return to CSO wholesale deliveries Upjohn Australia, a subsidiary of Pfizer, has announced that it will distribute its medicines through Community Service Obligation …
Replacements on the way
Pharmacies will be able to order replacement EpiPen Jr stock as early as this week The TGA says new stock of EpiPen Jr will be available to order as soon …
Focus on the bottom line
What were our most popular business-focused articles during 2019? What you need to consider when looking to buy a pharmacy, or buy your first pharmacy, and how to differentiate commercial …
Extended prescribing impasse
Mixed messages from the Department of Health over two-month prescriptions, as new documents say pharmacist mark-ups will impact consumer and taxpayer savings New Department of Health documents reveal that two-month …