Cutting deeply
Information released on next wave of price disclosure cuts, as the potential impact of a new PBS bill is revealed The latest round of price disclosure cuts – to be …
Administrator appointed
A leading pharmacy automation distributor has recently filed for insolvency An administrator was appointed for Dose Innovation on 17 January, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission website. On …
Direct to consumers
TGA’s surprise move to allow easier advertising of S3 medicines catches the industry and health professionals by surprise A new Scheduling Handbook, announced by the TGA late on Thursday (18th) …
Minimal impact
Mixed findings for benefits of tamper-resistant oxycodone The introduction of tamper-resistant oxycodone formulations in Australia in early 2014 has led to little change in the levels of population-level opioid use …
Patients in pain
Pharmacy patients are complaining of being “treated like drug addicts” as codeine change awareness spreads, say extended hours pharmacists With the codeine upscheduling deadline of 1 February looming, the Extended …
Vale Geoff Vaughan
Former Victorian pharmacy dean and Australian Rugby international dies aged 84 Dr Geoffrey Vaughan AO, who was Dean of the Victorian College of Pharmacy (“VCP”) from 1979 to 1986, passed …
The holiday season is upon us
It’s farewell to 2017 from the team at AJP Daily This newsletter is the final edition of AJP Daily for 2017. The newsletter will resume on Tuesday 9 January, with …
2017: Year in review
It was a year which began for pharmacy in discussion of the fate of codeine, staff pay issues and a review which threatened to destabilise the community pharmacy model And …
Cabinet changes
New Ministers appointed to health, business portfolios Some new faces will be occupying ministerial positions in portfolios of relevance to community pharmacy after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced his Cabinet …
The supergroup factor
AJP editor Chris Brooker reflects on what the rise of the super banner group may mean to community pharmacy Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young, though he was better than …
The profession speaks its mind
Nine key revelations on what community pharmacists think from the 2017 UTS Pharmacy Barometer Half of all pharmacists believe that the growth of online retailers has had a negative impact …
Pharmacist steps down from NPS role
Lynn Weekes to leave NPS after two decades at the helm The Board of NPS MedicineWise has announced that Dr Lynn Weekes AM has resigned as the organisation’s CEO after …