Legal
Scripts for Myers’ cocktails and glutathione lead to caution
A doctor who improperly wrote scripts in the names of his staff, to provide stock to a pharmacist running a “hydration clinic” in his building, …
Struck off: Pharmacist implicated in death of patient
A pharmacy owner who was convicted over selling excessive quantities of codeine, wrongful dispensing of zopiclone, as well as forgery, has been deregistered Auckland pharmacist …
‘The victims were vulnerable’
A NSW man will remain in jail for robbing a pharmacy with a fake gun, after the criminal court dismissed his appeal A man who …
Fake doctor sentenced
A man who posed as a doctor, obstetrician and gynaecologist in Melbourne has been jailed for nearly a decade Raffaele Di Paolo has been sentenced …
$2.7M pharmacy sale goes bust
The purchaser attempted to rescind his contract by claiming he hadn’t been able to receive PBS approval in time… but the Supreme Court saw the …
US state sues Walgreens, citing its role in opioid crisis
Kentucky is suing the country’s second-largest pharmacy chain, for allegedly failing to monitor its shipping and dispensing of large amounts of opioids Kentucky Attorney General …
Penalty over $22K pharmacy fraud
A South Melbourne pharmacy owner has been reprimanded and suspended for lodging 71 fraudulent PBS claims, which led to criminal charges A Victorian tribunal has …
‘Do not employ.’
A pharmacist who brought a High Court defamation claim against his former employer had argued his privacy case before a human rights tribunal The pharmacist …
Guilty of drug trafficking
Pharmacists that detected unusual actions by an aged care nurse led to her being found guilty of criminal offences related to trafficking drugs of dependence …
A ‘needless and entirely preventable’ death: Coroner
Pharmacists are reminded of their right to refuse supply in the wake of an inquest into a man’s death due to methotrexate toxicity Earlier this …
Pharmacist who dispensed over 143,000 OxyContin tablets banned
A NSW pharmacy owner has been struck off the register for “gross breach of his professional obligations” In a hearing before the NSW Civil and Administrative …
Jury recommends $34m payout from J&J
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay millions in damages to a woman who claimed her cancer was caused by using the company’s baby …