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Cartel plea from supplier
The supplier of an ingredient used in anti-spasmodic medicines has pleaded guilty to criminal cartel conduct In a statement Tuesday the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said that Alkaloids of …
Pharmacy recycling program launched
An Australian-first trial program will allow consumers to recycle their empty OTC medicine blister packs at selected pharmacies Chemists’ Own has partnered with TerraCycle Australia & New Zealand and Pharmacy Alliance …
Indirect dispensing model under fire
A NSW pharmacist owner has fronted a tribunal over “extreme concerns” related to his involvement with compounding and dispensing for online platforms, and other complaints A Sydney proprietor of multiple …
Reconciliation on the agenda
The Australian Pharmacy Council has announced the launch of its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia The Council says it will launch the RAP at its annual Emeritus …
‘We were pharmacists, we self-medicated.’
A pharmacist has made an extraordinary claim about the drug-taking habits of pharmacists as he appeared at a Tribunal hearing The Herald Sun has reported that a Melbourne pharmacist was …
Three million milestone ahead
Community pharmacies have now administered more than two million COVID-19 vaccine doses, and are on track for three million, says one leading pharmacist Pharmacy Guild of Australia national president Trent …
$50k+ fine over counterfeit ED drugs
The TGA has handed $53,280 worth of infringement notices to a company for the alleged export, supply and advertising of counterfeit erectile dysfunction medicines The Therapeutic Goods Administration has said …
The week in review
This week the headlines were all about vaccination, and the future of pharmacy with submissions to the National Medicines Policy Review This week we reported on submissions to the National …
Key role in diabetes
FIP has released a new resource looking at how pharmacists can help prevent diabetes The role that pharmacists can play in preventing the projected rise in diabetes to 700 million …
‘Blatant abuse’ of pharmacist position
A pharmacist who supplied nearly $2 million worth of medicines to criminals, and pretended to be another pharmacist when he was investigated, has been struck off the register Balkeet Singh …
The top ten
What were our readers looking at over over the previous month? Legal and regulatory issues and anger at other professions criticisms of pharmacy were amongst the topics topping the list …
‘Pharmacist prescribers can help to alleviate that pressure.’
Specialist pharmacists in New Zealand can now prescribe over 1700 prescription medicines, but similar proposals in Australia have met ‘resistance’ Pharmacist prescribers in New Zealand can now prescribe nearly 200 …