Legal
Over 40 criminal charges for forged and stolen scripts
A health practitioner used white out to create a phony script for morphine – but a pharmacist spotted the fraud and called police A former medical radiation practitioner from Queensland …
Priceline faces ‘imminent’ class action from angry franchisees
Legal representatives say they wish to resolve the dispute at pre-trial mediation or arbitration if possible Priceline is facing a potential class action in an ongoing dispute with franchisees who …
Keen-eyed pharmacist uncovers morphine misconduct
The pharmacist contacted police after discovering a carer was misappropriating a patient’s MS Contin tablets and substituting them with aspirin A Queensland woman has been banned for life from providing …
Over 100 regulatory breaches uncovered
A coroner has criticised the excessive supply of S8s and codeine that led to a woman’s death The death of a Tasmanian woman from mixed drug toxicity has been investigated …
Over 400 pregabalin tablets in two months
Local pharmacists and GPs attempted to curb the drug-seeking behaviour of a patient, but it wasn’t enough to save her life A coroner recently investigated the case of a 33-year-old …
Pharmacist sentenced, stripped of licence
A pharmacist, a GP and a clinic owner allegedly conspired to dispense controlled drugs using invalid scripts in order to commit fraud Dr James Ferris, Katherine Dossey, and Sherry Isbell, …
Pharmacy ‘mogul’ sentenced over multimillion-dollar fraud scheme
A co-owner of numerous compounding pharmacies has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and money laundering Wade Ashley Walters, 54, from Mississippi, US, …
‘Reckless’ prescribing errors caught by vigilant pharmacists
Pharmacists detected a litany of dangerous prescribing errors by a struggling doctor who has now been suspended A NSW doctor has admitted he was operating “out of his depth” when …
Censure across state lines
A pharmacist has been reprimanded in NSW for improperly obtaining medicines, just six months after he was struck off by a Queensland tribunal over stolen cash and drugs that led …
Pharmacy council prosecutes owner of two pharmacies
The pharmacy owner was convicted and fined for two offences related to business obligations The Pharmacy Council of New South Wales recently prosecuted the owner of two pharmacy businesses for …
Judge reduces jury award
J&J has been ordered to pay US$120 million in damages to a woman who blamed her cancer on use of the company’s baby powder Johnson & Johnson has persuaded a …
Pharmacist sentenced over attack plot to firebomb rival pharmacy
A pharmacist has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in “Operation Firewood”, while his Darknet vendor co-conspirator received 14 years A Darknet vendor and a pharmacist, …