For worldwide pharmacy, things are tough all over; report
Community pharmacy faces workforce challenges everywhere, according to WPC analysis In most countries community pharmacy workforces have come out the other side of the pandemic “in a more fragile state” …
WA Wizard’s long-term 300 pharmacy plan
Funding partners for $50 million phase 1 eastward push likely to be named by end of March, says CEO Lyndon Dyson Western Australian retail pharmacy banner group Wizard Pharmacy expects …
Vaping “exploding” amongst the young; VicHealth chief
Calls for Feds to act “swiftly” as TGA vaping submission window closes As the TGA’s vaping consultation period ends, VicHealth chief Dr Sandro Demaio has gone on the attack urging …
World news wrap-up: 11 Jan 2023
$38m reward over pharma billionaire murders; Chinese COVID spike hits drug supply; US pharmacists dispense emergency contraceptive pill Toronto, Canada: Five years after the brutal double murder of Canadian pharma …
Ramsay takeover bid back on?
Report that divestment of real estate assets may be key to new offer The high-profile Ramsay Health Care takeover bid, which fell over late last year, may be back on, …
Chemist Warehouse float (again) tipped to be year’s IPO highlight
But unlikely before second half of 2023, say finance media The speculation on when/if Chemist Warehouse will float on the Australian Stock Exchange is on again with finance-oriented media tipping …
CWH poaches top executive from Officeworks
New CIO for discount chain to start in February Discount retail pharmacy giant Chemist Warehouse will have a new chief information officer in Damien Ballesty, who is moving over from …
Priceline’s loyalty scheme tops 8m members
21-year-old scheme “jewel in the Priceline crown” says GM Priceline Pharmacy’s Sister Club loyalty program has just signed up its eight millionth member underlining its status as the country’s largest …
CWH confirms alleged counterfeit perfumes pulled from sale
Voluntary decision to remove fragrances which Victoria’s Secrets claim are knock-offs now formalised in undertaking to court Chemist Warehouse (CWH) has confirmed to the Federal Court it has removed from …
Pharmacy training spawned world-beating literary career
New biography of the 20th century’s most read novelist shows how poisons knowledge inspired her tales of murder and mystery Agatha Christie is claimed to be the best-selling novelist in …
Chemist Warehouse continues Melbourne real estate expansion
Second significant property purchase by discounting giant in metro area in almost as many weeks Chemist Warehouse (CWH) has bought the property housing one of its pharmacies directly, becoming its …
Legal stoush over Vagisil and Vagisan trade marks – again
Consumers at “real risk” of being confused by product monikers, claims Vagisil maker Manufacturers of feminine health product line Vagisil have begun action in the Federal Court against the manufacturers …