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Guild leader encourages more Covid jabs
As Australia heads towards Christmas amid a rise in Covid-19 cases, Trent Twomey tells the public that the latest jab is available through community pharmacy As at 11 December 2023, …
WA paves way for pharmacy NIP services
Western Australia’s pharmacy vaccination rules are being brought into line with the Commonwealth’s ahead of the expansion of National Immunisation Program funding Community pharmacists in Western Australia will be able …
The top 10: clinical news
We continue our look at the leading stories of 2023. Today, the 10 most read clinical news articles on our website More support for medication reviews Rushed changes are breaking …
Fluoxetine update
The TGA has made a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument regarding fluoxetine 20mg dispersible tablets To help manage the shortage of the dispersible tablet form of this dose, the Therapeutic Goods …
Amcal, DDS franchisees to benefit from CWH ‘know how’
Sigma Healthcare franchisees to gain access to Chemist Warehouse’s IP under proposed merger Plans to create a $8.8 billion healthcare powerhouse through the merger of Sigma Healthcare and Chemist Warehouse …
Group caps the year with awards
Capital Chemist presented its Pharmacy of the Year awards – and this year the star was Capital Chemist Chisholm The group says that the pharmacy of the year is a …
Chemist Warehouse to get 85.75% in Sigma merger
Company to be valued at $8.8b putting it close to Top 50 of listed Australian companies The “transformational” proposed merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare will see CWH with …
The top 10: business news
We begin our look back at the key stories of 2023 with a look at the 10 best-read business themed stories of the year ‘Game changer’: Chemist Warehouse moves into …
The year’s weirdest science stories: 2023
It’s been an interesting year in pharmacy, and more widely, in the world of science. Dr Joe Milton of the Australian Science Media Centre presents its 10 weirdest stories of …
The week in review
There was big news in the business world this week, with all eyes on Chemist Warehouse…and Sigma Healthcare Sigma asked for a pause in trading its securities on the ASX …
Credentialed pharmacists come together in Cairns
Credentialed pharmacists and those interested in this growing area of practice have a new opportunity to tackle the issues, writes Sarah Gillespie Following the overwhelming success of the inaugural Pharmaceutical …
‘Obviously, we cannot have attacks on pharmacists.’
A judge has quoted Hamlet in sentencing a man who beat up a pharmacist, causing “substantial and ongoing” harm Kyle Cole Peterson pleaded guilty to a charge of assault occasioning …