NZ competitors ‘under-prepared’ for Chemist Warehouse arrival
CWH will be expanding its empire with a new TV show, Auckland store and four stores in North Brisbane Chemist Warehouse’s plans for its Auckland store are now in train, …
Millennials misusing medicines
Aussies are taking too many analgesics and a third have mixed them with alcohol, new data from NPS MedicineWise shows Ahead of next week’s Be MedicineWise Week (August 21-27), NPS …
Insure for pharmacist services, high-cost drugs: Guild
Pharmacist services should be included in subsidised private health insurance cover, the Pharmacy Guild argues In its submission to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee inquiry into the value and …
MedsASSIST and codeine: a snapshot
Survey data shows 93% of consumers support pharmacists supplying codeine without a prescription under strict conditions Following the results of a July survey into consumer attitudes towards the impending upscheduling …
World news wrapup: 17 August 2017
Kmart opens first telepharmacy; three more come forward in US pharmacist strip case; GP-pharmacist spat over CMs in New Zealand Niagara Falls, New York: Three more people have made formal …
What crims use to hold up chemists
A UK pharmacy magazine has listed the strangest – and most common – items used by criminals in pharmacy robberies Chemist + Druggist completed an exclusive investigation into pharmacy crime …
The seven issues driving global pharmacy
Core issues driving the future of pharmacy include the “corporatisation of healthcare,” funding cuts to pharmacy and the opioid epidemic Ahead of the Guild’s annual meeting next month with sister …
CWH invests in malls to be open by Christmas
Home Consortium, which counts Chemist Warehouse among its shareholders, has revealed plans for 10 big new retail centres Ten former Masters home improvement centres are set to open as large-format …
Encouraging CM compliance
A pharmacist has built upon his DAA service to improve compliance with complementary medicine regimens There’s no point in consumers buying complementary medicines if they don’t remember to take them, …
Alternative medicine doubles risk of cancer death
New research shows shunning conventional cancer treatment in favour of alternative therapy more than doubles the risk of death Researchers from the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) …
Australia shivers through severe flu season
Experts have called for greater access to and takeup of flu vaccination, as Australia endures a likely record-breaking season But this doesn’t extend to pharmacies being able to vaccinate children …
Campaign targets parents with vaccine facts
The Turnbull Government has launched a “Get the Facts about Immunisation” campaign to encourage childhood vaccination In launching the campaign, Health Minister Greg Hunt said that the Government knows parents …