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Government Aldifying pharmacy
Double dispensing will result in the “Aldification” of community pharmacy, a customer warns Plans to roll out 60-day dispensing will turn pharmacies into impersonal stores, where shoppers “shuffle in and …
GSK’s $1.5b payday
Brit pharmaco scores big with discount selloff of Haleon shares British pharmaceutical giant GSK has sold off 240 million shares in consumer health operation Haleon raising around GBP804 million (AUD$1.5 billion) …
AFT to pay first dividend as income soars 20%
Kiwi Maxigesic owner posts $NZD20m profit boosted by licensing income AFT Pharmaceuticals, the New Zealand-headquartered outfit best known for its Maxigesic ibuprofen/paracetamol combination, will pay its first dividend in its …
The week in review
The furore over 60-day dispensing continued this week, plus there were allegations of wage theft, pharmacies were targeted by anti-vaccinators and new powers for Ahpra Jason Lange, the executive director …
Security guard kicked in head
A Gold Coast security guard has said that if it wasn’t for the quick actions of a customer, he could have been badly hurt in a pharmacy brawl Harbour Town, …
Ruston slams Labor’s 60-day dispensing policy
Plans to commence implementation of double dispensing from 1 September looks like policy “on the run”, Senator Anne Ruston says Labor’s reliance on an impact analysis that failed to meet …
Aged care context must be ‘front and centre’ say docs
Draft standards for pharmacists in residential aged care are not specific enough and must prevent conflicts of interest, say doctors The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has provided a …
Double dispensing a breach of trust: Twomey
Trust between the government and community pharmacy is broken, Professor Trent Twomey, Pharmacy Guild of Australia national president believes Labor’s decision to push ahead with its plans for 60-day dispensing …
Much-delayed program pushed back again
Commencement of the residential onsite pharmacist initiative has been delayed again David Laffan, Assistant Secretary, Pharmacy Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care, told the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s inaugural …
Kiwis drop NZD$5 script copay
July change will cost AUD$580.6m over four years, says NZ health minister The New Zealand government will remove its NZD$5 (AUD$4.69) copayment for prescription medicines, the country’s health minister Ayesha …
Coronation, television and heroin dominate discourse
May 1953; Heroin slowly banned as AJP shows deference to newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II – with cautionary notes from the US on how television will change society No doubt …
Double dispensing may not be as disastrous as portrayed
Impacts of 60-day dispensing may not be severe as owners forecast, Union leader says Community pharmacy staff are being urged to “remain calm” amid grim warnings about the sector’s future …