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The week in review
There were moves to limit the influence of lobby groups, such as the Pharmacy Guild, while the number of overseas pharmacists applying for Australian visas reached new heights The week …
‘A clear risk to patient safety’
New AMA video criticises pharmacist prescribing trials, saying they could lead to second class care and more superbugs emerging The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has released a new video questioning …
Warning on booster vaccines
PDL issues alert warning of a rise in the number of vaccine-related calls and incident reports The recent availability of the Moderna Spikevax Bivalent Booster Vaccine has seen a rise …
CWH confirms alleged counterfeit perfumes pulled from sale
Voluntary decision to remove fragrances which Victoria’s Secrets claim are knock-offs now formalised in undertaking to court Chemist Warehouse (CWH) has confirmed to the Federal Court it has removed from …
Notifications rising
There’s been a slight rise in the number of notifications made about Australian pharmacists, AHPRA reports In its annual report, released in late November, the Pharmacy Board of Australia revealed …
Pharmacy training spawned world-beating literary career
New biography of the 20th century’s most read novelist shows how poisons knowledge inspired her tales of murder and mystery Agatha Christie is claimed to be the best-selling novelist in …
‘A terrible and repeating chaos.’
Pharmacists must seek help when their mental health begins to challenge them, a Tribunal has warned, as it disqualified a pharmacist from practising for three years The Victorian Civil and …
Award for ‘a trusted voice’
Duncan McKenzie receives the SHPA’s 2022 Medal of Merit Duncan McKenzie was awarded with the Society of Hospital Pharmacy of Australia (SHPA)’s 2022 Medal of Merit, in recognition of his …
Diazepam for cash… before suicide
A Western Australian pharmacist has been disqualified from applying for registration for three years after a tribunal found he had committed professional misconduct The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia …
Chemist Warehouse continues Melbourne real estate expansion
Second significant property purchase by discounting giant in metro area in almost as many weeks Chemist Warehouse (CWH) has bought the property housing one of its pharmacies directly, becoming its …
A deluge of applications
For a fifth consecutive month record numbers of overseas-qualified pharmacists are requesting to practice in Australia The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is continuing to receive record numbers of applications from …
Legal stoush over Vagisil and Vagisan trade marks – again
Consumers at “real risk” of being confused by product monikers, claims Vagisil maker Manufacturers of feminine health product line Vagisil have begun action in the Federal Court against the manufacturers …