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Deregulate pharmacy in next 12 months: paper
The Efficiency in Health research paper from the Productivity Commission has recommended Australia deregulate pharmacy: reform to the ownership and location rules are inevitable and should be undertaken within the …
Support resource for HIV medicines in pharmacy
From 1 July 2015, HIV medicines, on prescriptions dated 1 July 2015 or later, will be able to be dispensed in community pharmacy, with Government remuneration. The medicines remain Section …
Remove mental illness stigma: Heath
Jack Heath, CEO of mental health organisation SANE Australia, has called for a five year coordinated national campaign to reduce mental illness stigma. “Stigma prevents people getting the help they …
API profits up
API has reported a net profit after tax of $21.3 million for the six months to 28 February 2015. This is above the guidance of $21.1 million provided on 4 …
Pharmacists fighting antimicrobial resistance
As a result of advocacy by The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the International Pharmaceutical Federation, the global body representing pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, is now …
Lundbeck launches new antidepressant
Lundbeck Australia has announced the launch of a new antidepressant, for the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults including the prevention of relapse.
Charnwood Capital Chemist donates breast pump to hospital
The Charnwood Capital Chemist has donated an electric breast pump to the Emergency Department at the nearby Calvary Hospital in Canberra’s North. Managing partner at the pharmacy, which won the …
Don’t fear vitamins and minerals: CMA
Customers shouldn’t be afraid of taking vitamins and minerals, Complementary Medicines Australia says. CMA was responding to a study by the University of Colorado, which suggested that there could be …
UK pharmacists warned on social media abuse
UK pharmacy organisations have cautioned their members to be careful on social media following outrage over an Edinburgh pharmacist’s Facebook attack on a customer, Chemist + Druggist reports. Pharmacist Charles …
Govt faces stark choice on 6CPA: Quilty
Just as pharmacists make choices about their careers and businesses, the Federal Government is facing some “clear and stark” choices about community pharmacy as negotiations on the 6CPA wind up, …
Amcal wins Readers Digest service award again
Amcal has again been recognised by the Australian public in the pharmacy sector by winning the 2015 Readers Digest Quality Service Award. Amcal recorded a combined consumer Quality Service Index …
NPS to continue educating SA GPs
A new three-year contract launched in Adelaide today will see the Drug and Therapeutics Information Service based at the Repatriation General Hospital continue to deliver NPS MedicineWise educational visiting programs …