‘Historic day’: Pay rise coming for award pharmacists
Pharmacists on the minimum wage are set to get a 14% pay bump after a Fair Work Commission probe found workers in several female-dominated professions and industries have been undervalued …
Drug giant cautions Australia on PBS wait times
US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has said it may pull clinical trial funding from Australia if PBS wait times aren’t reduced The drug giant’s head of international operations said Ilya …
Deal secures StrongRoom AI March wages: administrator
StrongRoom AI will keep the lights on this month after one of the pharmatech’s key investors struck a deal with administrators during the fire sale campaign The EVP Opportunities …
New twist for debt-ridden hospital operator
Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator and rumoured takeover target says it’s willing to hand back a Sydney hospital to the state Healthscope, which operates 38 private hospitals, has recently been …
Vaccine maker tumbles on Trump tariff threat
Pharmaceuticals were initially spared from sweeping US tariffs, but that’s set to change, striking panic in local markets US President Donald Trump said he would introduce “a major tariff on …
New powers for Qld hospital pharmacists
Hospital pharmacists in Queensland will be able to prescribe approved medicines alongside a medical or nurse practitioner, thanks to a statewide change to prescribing rules Queensland will become the first …
Calls for more targeted drug dependency funding
Pharmacists and doctors are now better equipped to detect drug dependency risks, a review found. Is the next step putting more money into support services for those affected? A recently-released …
MedAdvisor considering options to shore up revenue
Software company MedAdvisor Solutions says it’s weighing up several proposals, as it continues its drive to unlock further shareholder value The Melbourne-based company recently reported its revenue had fallen by …
Pharma suppliers cop early hit from Trump trade war
Pharmaceuticals were excluded from US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, but other companies supplying pharmacies took a rapid dip on the market after Thursday’s announcement Trump announced he would introduce …
StrongRoom AI: Administrators seek to sell pharmatech
Questions are mounting about what’s next for StrongRoom AI, a pharmatech start-up which went from a $17m capital raise to having its assets frozen within a few weeks The administrators …
‘Some pharmacists are under real financial pressure’
Measures in last week’s Federal Budget may not be enough to tackle the pain points for pharmacists, who are feeling mental strain from higher costs, a business strategy firm says …
Sigma backer reveals big pay day
Sigma investor HMC Capital has declared how much one of its funds made from its early support of the pharmaceutical wholesaler’s expansion plans Sigma Healthcare was a “seed investment” for …