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Priceline Sister Club relaunches
The Sister Club health and beauty loyalty program has been enhanced to offer more rewards, benefits and free products to its members Priceline Pharmacy’s Sister Club has recently relaunched the …
Brits embrace pharmacy flu jabs
Community pharmacists in the UK have administered at least 221,000 more flu vaccinations in 2016/17 than previous year The Pharmacy Guild of Australia recently found that 93% of Australian adults …
Preparing for the challenging years ahead
Innovative international pharmacist Dr Tim Hanlon will deliver a keynote address at PSA’s flagship annual conference PSA17 Dr Hanlon’s keynote address, Embracing innovative solutions to respond to increasing global pharmaceutical …
Superbug death may mean dawn of post-antibiotic era
Australians are still using more antibiotics than international peers, as experts warn a post-antibiotic era may be arriving The death of an American woman from an untreatable infection with a …
Poll: the biggest challenge in rural pharmacy
What’s the biggest challenge facing pharmacists in rural, regional and remote pharmacies? It’s long established that while the rewards can be significant, there are also challenges for the profession in …
Pharmacy’s $600m windfall
The Health Minister is expected to follow through with promised 6CPA funding for community pharmacy programs After Minister Greg Hunt announced at APP 2017 that the government was working “very …
Pharmacy snub?
While the Health Minister decided to get his flu jab at the GP this year, AMA Vice-President Dr Tony Bartone says flu vaccination by pharmacists is “a second-best option” Health Minister Greg Hunt received his flu vaccination from …
Majority rule
94% of AJP readers support the rollout of a mandatory national real-time monitoring system After years of being kept on the backburner as a voluntary program, the Electronic Recording and …
Is Australia ready for an infectious disease emergency?
Australia cannot be complacent about a potential infectious disease emergency, say public health experts While Australia is well placed to respond to such an emergency, many logistical challenges remain, say specialists …
Making the cut
What are likely to be the top 10 drug launches of 2017? 2016 was an “unusually slow year” for drug approvals, according to US industry website Fierce Pharma. However, analysts …
The week in review
Happy Easter! We take a look back at the last week in community pharmacy As we head towards Easter, sector eyes have been looking towards next month’s Federal Budget: there’s …
Marmite may affect brain function
Scientists have discovered a link between UK’s answer to Vegemite and activity in the brain In a UK study, participants consuming a teaspoon of Marmite every day for a month …