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Is yours Australia’s top pharmacy?
Nominations are now open for the prestigious Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s 2024 Pharmacy of the Year awards Members of the public, as well as those in the profession, are invited …
Call for abstracts
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is calling for abstracts for its upcoming Cairns conference Abstract submissions – original research, pharmacy practice and case reports – for Medicines Management …
API/Priceline pay shortfall review nears completion
Almost ten months since the investigation was announced A review of payroll practices at Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) after “historical payment errors” were flagged is nearing completion, according to the …
TGA issues $40k in fines for complementaries ads
Brisbane-based Pracmed Healthcare hit with three illegal advertising infringement notices The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has hit Queensland company Pracmed Healthcare Pty Ltd with three infringement notices totalling $39,960 for …
World news wrapup: 15 June 2023
Violence against French pharmacists on the rise; Lloyds Pharmacy closures confirmed this week; one in 10 Irish pharmacies running at a loss France: Pharmacists are still facing an increased incidence …
Katter warns of ‘Chemist Warehouse and TerryWhite duopoly’
‘Isn’t this really about greedy doctors?’ independent MP Bob Katter has asked the Health Minister – who defended double dispensing and pharmacists’ “$100 billion” in earnings Queensland MP Bob Katter …
‘They’re ripping the guts out of pharmacy’
Double dispensing is “not over, by any means,” Opposition deputy Sussan Ley has told Sydney pharmacists, as one store owner prepares to keep fighting A multiple award-winning Sydney pharmacy will …
‘It’s about much more than the medication.’
One of Australia’s leading consultant pharmacists has spoken out against 60-day dispensing, warning of loss of social connections and of wasted medicines “The more medicines people have in their houses, …
‘How many meetings with MPs do we have to have?’
Pharmacists at a meeting with the Minister for Communications had to explain the unprecedented nature of the 60-day dispensing policy, an award-winning pharmacist says Jenna Cormack, owner of Priceline The …
UTI management already within pharmacists’ scope
Managing urinary tract infections (UTIs) is less of a leap in terms of the expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice than vaccination was Pharmacy graduates are “well equipped” to assist …
$600k in fines levelled at vape importers
TGA vaping blitz hits hard with record 38 infringement notices for 4 connected Sydney operations The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued four connected Sydney-based firms with a record 38 …
Doctor and patient groups make 60-day dispensing plea
MPs and Senators are being urged to back legislation that will see maximum dispense quantities increase for 325 molecules Medical organisations, health, and patient advocacy groups are calling on federal …