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Court proceedings over alleged unlawful advertising
The TGA has initiated Federal Court proceedings over the advertising of hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers as a treatment for conditions including COVID-19 and autism The proceedings were initiated in response …
Anarchy in the UK
No future for many English independent pharmacies as a new report predicts an average annual $78,000 loss per store A new report by EY – formerly Ernst and Young – …
‘It’s every pharmacist’s greatest fear.’
A Sydney proprietor received that dreaded call: a person infected with COVID had been in their pharmacy… here’s what happened next On Monday 31 August, a man who was infected …
Navigating pain management a challenge
Misuse of opioids often starts innocently enough – but there needs to be greater awareness of the risk and how to address chronic pain, says one stakeholder While most people …
E-script national network complete with NT
Electronic prescriptions are now transacting across Australia, with the Northern Territory’s successful dispense of its first paperless electronic prescription on 1 September eRx Script Exchange has now successfully enabled electronic …
Support for TWC
TerryWhite Chemmart has launched a Dispensary Excellence Program to its network, which it says is a key program that will further support TWC pharmacies in the year ahead The program …
World news wrapup: 3 September 2020
CVS employees told not to tell patients when scripts filled by person with COVID-19; new pharmacies in NZ area to explain reducing harms; Canadian pharmacist suspended after on-selling drugs bought …
Keeping on top of things
Record bulk billing rates and massive telehealth take-up a sign of a successful COVID strategy: Minister says Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has highlighted new data showing record GP bulk …
Price versus service: the patient impact
Patients who attend a discount pharmacy are more likely to have a poorer perception of its service standards and are less likely to adhere to their medicines, new research suggests …
Stories from the frontline
‘He came into the pharmacy, in tears’: How Australian pharmacists are playing a role in reducing opioid deaths The Penington Institute released Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020 this Monday to …