Clock is ticking on 8CPA talks
Guild calls on minister to deliver “a little less conversation, little more action please”, as 8CPA deadline looms With the clock ticking to secure the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) …
60-day ‘chickens coming home to roost’
Labor’s efforts to ease patients’ expenses through its double dispensing policy are coming at the cost of access to medications, MP warns Pharmacies are being forced to reduce their trading …
Evidence shows benefits of 60-day dispensing: Butler
Patients are “reaping the benefits” of the government’s 60-day dispensing policy, Health Minister claims Despite disagreements between pharmacists and the government, double dispensing is delivering savings for patients, while “maintaining …
Petition calls for ODT rethink
PBS-funded opioid dependence treatment (ODT) program leaves patients worse off, petition claims The House of Representatives is being asked to rethink changes to the delivery ODT, and to fund private …
Pharmacy Council honours education and practice leaders
Preceptors and pharmacy lecture receive the inaugural Dr Eric Sainsbury Awards RMIT lecturer, Chiao Xin Lim, has been named the first recipient of the Austrian Pharmacy Council’s Dr Erica Sainsbury …
Vale Peter Davoren Howard
Pharmacy is mourning the death of stalwart and advocate, Peter Davoren Howard Victorian pharmacist and former chair of Pharmacy Computers Australia (PCA), Peter Davoren Howard, died last week following a …
Bad breath prompts $520 toothbrush theft
Pharmacy shoplifter gets suspended sentence after theft of a high-tech toothbrush, but gets to keep the brush Ridicule about poor oral hygiene is being blamed for a 43-year-old Queenslander’s decision …
Pharmacies invited to join palliative care program
Deadline looms for pharmacies to file expressions of interest to join South Australia’s Better Access to Palliative Care Pharmacy Medicines Program Community pharmacies have until 2pm (ACDT) on Wednesday 15 …
NAPSA confirms new research chair
Gold Coast student takes over as NAPSA research chair Griffith University’s Cait Treloar has been elected as the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association’s (NAPSA’s) new research chair. Treloar replaces …
Ozempic fattens Commonwealth coffers – slightly
Ozempic manufacturer, Novo Nordisk’s tax bill more than doubled in the 2021/22 financial year, data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) reveals Surging demand for Novo Nordisk’s diabetes medication, Ozempic …
BioCeuticals issues product recall
Zinc toxicity concerns prompt BioCeuticals product recall Two batches of FIT-BioCeuticals’ Zinc Drops 50mL are being recalled due to the separation of the zinc from the liquid, the Therapeutic Goods …
ODT funding leaves patients without care
Government needs to better fund pharmacies to provide opioid dependence treatment (ODT), advocacy group says Current remuneration levels for the national methadone Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) system are “insufficient” for …