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World news wrapup – 23 July 2026
Pharmacist offered demotion or dismissal after pregnancy reveal; Canada gives green light for generic semaglutide; wholesaler brings pharmacy to cash-and-carry-style supermarket Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland: A community pharmacy is being ordered …
Partnership aims to build future workforce
AdPha and NAPSA have renewed their longstanding strategic partnership, which the two groups say will help to set up pharmacy students for success in a changing profession Advanced Pharmacy Australia …
Supermarket talk a ‘distraction’: Grattan
Why shouldn’t the general public be able to pick up “your scripts and sausages under the same roof,” asks Grattan in a follow-up to its controversial report Grattan Institute health …
Pharmacist doc weighs in on companion selling, prescribing
Companion selling “scummy” when driven purely by profit, says a popular TikToker, but adds “pharmacists are the best prescribers” lacking the right tools Community pharmacist turned medical doctor, Dr Mustafa …
Unapproved peptide pushers will face action: TGA
Regulator flags concern over rise in online promotion and supply of unapproved peptide products Influencers and social media platforms are being warned they will be held accountable for unlawful advertising …
Recommendations would ‘force the local chemist to turn off the lights’
Suggestions that the location rules be scrapped should be rejected to protect the health of rural Australians, say pharmacists The Remote and Isolated Pharmacist Association Australia (RIPAA) has called on …
Pharmacist prescribing ‘not simply a matter of convenience’
NSW’s successful scope of practice trials could pave the way for further expansion of pharmacists’ roles within the healthcare system, a doctor-turned-politician believes Authorising “appropriately trained pharmacists” to prescribe under …
Cops strip pharmacy shelves
Police have swooped on a regional NSW pharmacy, seizing items from its storage area According to the Illawarra Mercury, police executed a search warrant on a South Coast pharmacy on …
Fake scripts appear on patient’s My Health Record
A pharmacist’s registration has been suspended after she self-dispensed medicines including diazepam, codeine, tramadol and zolpidem The pharmacist, who was practising in a suburban Perth pharmacy, appeared before Western Australia’s …
‘Each one of us holds the ability to shape the future of pharmacy’
Pharmacists are being urged to step up and lead by their actions, as the profession evolves “The future of pharmacy is not simply defined by new medicines, new technologies, or …
‘Don’t take the bait’: AMA president hopeful on Grattan
A candidate for presidency of the AMA says that the Grattan Institute’s new report reflects her campaign platform Dr Anchita Karmakar is a lawyer as well as a rural generalist …
The week in review
Grattan report ruffles pharmacy feathers, prescribing terms create confusion and CGT’s expected impact on sales were among our readers’ talking points this week We began the week with a bombshell …