Week in review
Pharmacist prescribing trials captured the headlines this week, while pharmaceutical wholesaler, Sigma Healthcare, reported that 60-day dispensing is having little impact on its business Recruitment of pharmacists to participate in …
No new Ozempic scripts: TGA
Prescribers urged not to start new patients on Ozempic, as Novo Nordisk warns of supply shortages throughout 2024 Ozempic supplier, Novo Nordisk, is warning that supply of the diabetes medication …
Private label to drive retail growth: Sigma
Wholesaler plans to shift its retail strategy from consolidation to growth, with private label products set to play a key role Having consolidated its community pharmacy franchises under two brands …
Corum name change approved
Shareholders green light sale of Corum Group’s pharmacy software business, and new company name Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed pharmacy IT solutions firm Corum Group has received near unanimous support …
A libellous attack
Pharmacists face accusations of getting rich by “milking the community”… it’s September 1963 and the profession is under attack from a mainstream media publication The AJP’s September 1963 edition featured …
Registration fees on the rise
AHPRA announces 3% increase to pharmacists’ professional registration fees While some of Australia’s health practitioner boards have elected to freeze their registration fees for the next year, pharmacists face a …
Hospital exit simplifies business for Sigma
Sigma Healthcare eyes growth opportunities following sale of hospital business Disposing of its hospital pharmacy operations will free up capacity and capital for pharmaceutical wholesaler, Sigma Healthcare, chief executive, Vikesh Ramsunder …
No surge in demand for 60-day medications: wholesaler
Demand for medications available on 60-day prescriptions is yet to rise, wholesaler reports Concerns that the government’s double dispensing policy will fuel a surge in demand for impacted medications are …
World news wrapup: 21 September 2023
Eli Lilly takes action over copy-cat Mounjaro; Pope praises papal pharmacy staff; Pharmacist facing fraudulent export charges US: Pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lilly, is taking legal action against a number of …
Pharmacists ‘struggling’ to find prescribing preceptors
Suggestions that GPs in North Queensland are supportive of the state government pharmacy scope of practice pilot are inaccurate, a Mackay-based doctor claims Pharmacy Guild of Australia officials are “dreaming” …
New standards break barrier to pharmacist vaccination services
Chickenpox and meningitis B are among diseases pharmacists can immunise against under new vaccination standards launched in NSW. Barriers blocking patients from accessing vaccination services are being broken down with …
Sigma plots seamless CWH onboarding
Services to Sigma Healthcare’ existing customers are unlikely to be adversely impacted by the wholesaler’s new supply deal with Chemist Warehouse (CWH). Pharmaceutical wholesaler, Sigma Healthcare expects that it’s …