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World news wrapup: 18 December 2025
Korean pharmacists warn on “warehouse-style” pharmacies and bulk pseudoephedrine sales; Northern Ireland pharmacist faces hearing over universal credit fraud; new rules for the UK Seoul, South Korea: The Korean Pharmaceutical …
Major franchise group enters administration
Wesfarmers Health takes “unavoidable” action as Infinity Pharmacy Group fails to meet financial obligations Consultancy firms KPMG and Teneo will take on the management of beleaguered pharmacy group Infinity, after …
Compensate pharmacies for managing drug shortages
Regulators need to authorise pharmacists to respond to medicines shortages before they are declared “severe”, an international organisation says Governments are being urged to compensate pharmacists for the time they …
Poll: Are you ready for pharmacist prescribing services?
Are there barriers which could hinder your ability to provide pharmacist prescribing services? If so, we’d like to know There’s a growing sense of excitement across the pharmacy profession as …
Homeopathic product recalled
ARTG-exempt kids’ travel sickness product recalled after discovery of wire fragment A consumer complaint has led to a recall of homeopathic kids’ travel sickness product, after “a small metal wire” was found in one lozenge. The Therapeutic …
Non-pharmacy Pain Away sales boost margin
Costco and 7-Eleven are playing a significant role in bolstering sales of Pain Away Wellnex Life, the owner of the Pharmacy Own brand, is reporting 16% surge in sales of its Pain …
‘There’s a lot we can learn from the work being done in Australia’
If it worked in Brisbane it will work in regional Ireland, says one pharmacist who has taken an Australian initiative to the Emerald Isle Pharmacist Brad Butt’s Men’s Health Downunder …
Experts flag ‘unusual’ spike in flu cases
“It is not too late” to get an influenza vaccination, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing says, as Australia sees a late surge in infections Health professionals are being advised …
‘No causal relationship between vaccines and autism’: WHO
Comprehensive reviews reaffirm WHO’s view that there is no evidence to support a potential link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder High-quality scientific evidence indicates vaccines “do not cause autism”, the World Health Organization’s …
‘Have you ever wondered what it can feel like to have ADHD?’
Despite frequent media reports to the contrary, ADHD is actually underdiagnosed – particularly in women, one expert says Melbourne pharmacist Kate Tognarini, who is a board member of the Australasian …
PBAC to advise on GLP-1s for obesity
Medicines advisory body notes “unmet clinical need for obesity treatments”, following deliberations on equitable access to GLP-1s The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) will respond to the Minister for Health, Disability and …
Sexual misconduct findings to remain on rego
Changes to the way sexual misconduct findings are reported on practitioners’ registration to come into effect early next year Sexual misconduct findings against health practitioners will be permanently recorded on their professional registration from early …