Pharmacy History
A disputed title
Unforeseen technical difficulties in the production of evidence have led the proprietors of this masthead to withdraw action restraining a rival from using the title It is September 1886 and …
Hospital pharmacy: from the basement to the frontline
The hospital pharmacy sector has undergone sweeping changes over its time in Australia—and it’s always seen itself as a champion of change, writes Megan Haggan Ron Batagol, a veteran spokesman …
Flashback Friday: Are pharmacists being scapegoated?
It’s August 1956, and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy is focusing on the economy: and it’s not looking good for pharmacists “The price of medicines everywhere is high,” we noted. …
Flashback Friday: The future from the 70s
It’s August 1976 and the AJP is reporting on the first Proprietary Association of Australia seminar… as well as some advice for the suncare market Partner of the Hawthorne and …
Flashback Friday: Mercury makes a comeback
In 1916, war was raging in Europe – and in the pharmacy sector, members of the profession were facing a shortage in syphilis treatment as well as a lack of …
Flashback Friday: When is a door fastened?
We looked at whether a pharmacy truly counted as being closed when the door remained unlocked, in a legal case from 1966 It’s August 1966, and the Australasian Journal of …
Flashback Friday: Don’t panic
It’s July 1946, and already pharmacists are asking: should codeine products be restricted? “Considerable controversy has taken place in Australia in recent years on the question as to whether codeine …
Flashback Friday: The fatal cough syrup
It’s July 1886, and the AJP complains about the lack of standardisation in certain medicines and the need for “systemic teaching” of pharmacists The brand-new Australasian Journal of Pharmacy covered …
Guild marketing director quits
Resignation leaves the future of the Guild’s marketing division “in the melting pot” It’s July 1976 and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s national marketing director, Tony Wardell, is walking …
Chemists’ annual ball returns
After a lapse of five years, the Chemists’ Annual Ball is back It’s July 1946, and life is returning to pre-World War normality, with the Grace Auditorium hosting the first …
A sideline that ‘fits’
Getting the front-of-shop product offering right is critical to a pharmacy business, just as it was 100 years ago It’s July 1926 and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy’s tip for …
PDL enters new field of service
PDL to assist widows of its members to secure “fair and reasonable” prices for pharmacy businesses It’s June 1956, and moving, on a recommendation from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s …