Legal
Pharmacist ‘horrified’ with his actions
A Victorian pharmacist charged with misappropriating thousands of S8 tablets to feed his dependency, driven by chronic pain, has been reprimanded and suspended for 12 months First registered in 1988, …
Conviction stands for ‘devious’ theft
A Victorian pharmacist found guilty of 52 charges of theft for conduct described by the court as ‘glaringly dishonest’ has had his leave to appeal refused A pharmacist who was …
Pharmacist jailed over illegal vaccine supply
A Sydney pharmacist has been jailed for eight months for supplying thousands of Gardasil vaccines that were exported under a false declaration to Hong Kong Mosman pharmacist Katherine Gong was …
Pill testing proposed in Tassie
New legislation has been tabled by the Greens in parliament to allow for drug-testing services in the state Greens MP Rosalie Woodruff tabled the Misuse of Drugs Amendment (Drug Analysis) …
Pharmacist pleads guilty to illicit drug supply
A Sydney pharmacist faces potential jail time after supplying thousands of Gardasil 9 vaccines that were exported under a false declaration to Hong Kong Pharmacist Katherine (Kathy) Gong, 34, has …
Doctor found guilty of attempting to murder pharmacist
The pharmacist survived the violent attack of the “single-minded and determined” doctor with some help from an “extremely brave” customer Adelaide GP Brian Holder, 69, has been found guilty of …
GP stands trial accused of attempting to murder pharmacist
The pharmacist had reported the doctor to health authorities for overprescribing codeine and benzodiazepines to local patients An Adelaide GP is standing trial accused of ambushing a pharmacist and attempting …
ACCC vs Pfizer case comes to a close
The High Court has dismissed the ACCC’s application for special leave to appeal in its case against Pfizer Australia over the sale of atorvastatin This month the Australian Competition and …
‘This is clearly going to be a hotly contested case.’
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia vs Ramsay Health Care legal battle has started with one group accusing the other of abuse of process Representatives for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Pharmacist awarded damages over council’s ‘targeted malice’
While the Federal Court found in the pharmacist’s favour, the amount awarded in damages falls far short of his desired $100 million WA pharmacist Emson Nyoni has been awarded $30,000 …
Man faces court over pharmacist death
A drugged driver has faced a Melbourne court, pleading guilty to culpable driving causing death after he hit and killed a 27-year-old pharmacist Jo Lim, 33, was high on ice …
Sydney pharmacist charged over illicit drug supply
A registered pharmacist and her associate have been charged over exporting $500,000 worth of Gardasil 9 vaccines under a false declaration to Hong Kong A 34-year-old woman and a 31-year-old …