An inspiring winner
Innovative Pharmacist of the Year prize goes to member of award-winning Canberra pharmacy team The award-winning team from Capital Chemist Waniassa has scooped the pool with pharmacy honours and awards …
Change at the top for PDL
Dean Schulze retires as PDL chair, Paul Naismith to take over Dean Schulze has announced his retirement after six years as the chair of PDL. Speaking at the PDL Annual …
Distribution dust-up
Calls for supply chain guarantees as another pharma company decides to explore direct distribution to pharmacy The National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) is calling for the Federal Government to ensure …
Rising to the top
We speak to Sam Turner, a popular president of NAPSA in 2014/15, selected as one of AJP’s 10 Rising Stars of Pharmacy. AJP: What are you currently up to in …
An historic transaction
Is this the oldest pharmacy invoice? AJP has recently been running, in collaboration with the RUM project, a competition to identify Australia’s oldest medicines being returned to pharmacy’s for disposal. …
Taking home the prize
Which ASMI member companies do pharmacists rate highest? Results revealed on awards night The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) announced the winners of its prestigious Diamond Awards for excellence in …
Government tactics under fire
Amendments to allow easier importing of medicinal cannabis go before Parliament as government tactics described as an “utter disgrace” The Federal Government’s decision to defy the Senate and continue to …
Ruling: ‘a person served by a pharmacist is not a patient but a customer’
Is a pharmacist a provider of health services? One tribunal has had its say According to a recent legal ruling, one particular pharmacy at least may not be primarily a …
Location rules in Parliament
A continuation of existing pharmacy location rule provisions is among the 2017 Budget amendments tabled in Parliament this week The measures are part of the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits – …
Missing an opportunity
Australian pharmacists may be missing a major opportunity to expand their professional role by being unaware of continued dispensing provisions A survey of Australian pharmacists’ attitudes to medicine reclassification (ie. …
A rising star of pharmacy
We speak to Krysti-Lee Rigby, voted by readers at number three in our list of Pharmacy’s 10 Rising Stars AJP spoke to Krysti-Lee to find out more about her career …
An all-over tonic
The final winner of our AJP/RUM ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ campaign has been chosen The winning entry is from Christian Rossi of Maddington Village Pharmacy, WA, and is three bottles …