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‘No guarantee’ CWH merger will proceed: Sigma
Sigma Healthcare remains “steadfastly focused” on its standalone business as plans to merge with Chemist Warehouse Group (CWH) proceed, chair says Sigma’s planned merger with CWH will enable the wholesaler …
Rural health needs targeted investment
Disparities in health outcomes for rural and urban Australians could be “rectified with targeted investment” health advocates say Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) showing people …
EBOS announces Gray appointment
EBOS Group announces Alistair Gray as its incoming chief financial officer (CFO) Currently the deputy CFO of retail and hospitality group, Endeavour, Gray will assume the position at pharmaceutical wholesaler …
GP a ‘real danger to patients’
Despite pharmacies helping to identify and point out drug-seeking behaviour from two of his patients, a GP continued to prescribe them S8s and S4s The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
State’s Shingrix supply runs dry
Pharmacists advised to prioritise “highest risk patients” for Shingrix vaccines, as state’s NIP supply “exhausted” NSW Health is reporting that its allocation of the Shingrix vaccine through the National Immunisation …
Reprieve for credentialed pharmacists
MRNs have been extended again, allowing credentialed pharmacists to keep providing medicines reviews Department of Health and Aged Care Assistant Secretary – Pharmacy Branch, David Laffan, has sent an email …
‘Stiff’ syringe warning for Panadol Children
Parents are being urged to dispose of dosing syringes provided with 14 batches of an infant paracetamol product Haleon Australia has issued a Product Defect Correction for 14 batches of …
The week in review
A busy week for the TGA, movement on NIPVIP funding and the beginning of a new era in pharmacy practice all made headlines this week Mark Butler announced that pharmacists …
Pharmacist who ‘could barely stand’ while working drunk appeals decision
A pharmacist with a history of drink driving, practising while under the influence and forging hospital documents has appealed the cancellation of his registration The Supreme Court of NSW has …
‘Why not fund that pharmacist to become a doctor?’
Doctors complain they were not notified by Queensland government that the pharmacy prescribing pilot has begun Outgoing Australian Medical Association president Dr Maria Boulton has spoken to ABC Brisbane’s Loretta …
Shortage on the way
The TGA says it is investigating a solution to a predicted abatacept shortage The Therapeutic Goods Administration has released a statement saying that it is aware that shortages of both Orencia …
Should nicotine vaping products go S3?
Pharmacists could dispense nicotine vaping products without a prescription and counsel users on smoking cessation, reducing unnecessary GP visits, a new paper argues Pharmacist supply of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) …
