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Fines for advertising Ozempic, Saxenda and Viagra
Telehealth businesses, including a compounding chemist, have been targeted by the TGA for alleged unlawful advertising of weight loss medicines The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued 21 infringement notices totalling …
Economic concerns drive demand for permanent roles
Employee pharmacists are shunning “lucrative” locum roles in favour of the stability of permanent positions, recruiter says Economic factors are seeing increasing numbers of pharmacists opt for the security of …
Could CWH be forced to ditch stores to save Sigma deal?
Hedge fund says CWH will have to sell stores to secure Sigma merger, or rethink ASX listing strategy Questions have been raised about whether Chemist Warehouse (CWH) will have to …
The top 10
Minister ‘marched out’ of pharmacy, Sigma/CWH merger, Endone issues and salaries rising: what you’ve been reading recently These were the ten most read stories on our website from 10 June …
Vacancies rise despite 60-day dispensing
Expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice is fuelling new positions within the profession, recruiter says Concerns that the introduction of 60-day dispensing would lead to job cuts have not emerged …
July MIMS update
A look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products, presentations, indications and contraindications New Products Etrasimod (as arginine) (Velsipity) is a sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) …
Qld lawyer receives 252 oxycontin scripts…in less than five months
A lawyer went to a Queensland pharmacy and told the pharmacist he had a note for her to read: a threat that he had a knife and acid, and wanted …
CWH founders snap up coveted Melbourne corner site
Chemist Warehouse bosses expand retail property portfolio with purchase of Melbourne bank premises The founders of Chemist Warehouse have continued their Melbourne buying spree, purchasing a property in one of …
Zactin Tabs ‘shortage resolved’
TGA announces supply of Zactin Tabs “has returned to normal” Alphapharm notified the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that the shortage of Zactin Tabs (fluoxetine 20mg dispersible tablets) “has resolved”. The …
World news wrapup: 11 July 2024
Puss banned from his favourite Boots; UK pharmacist warned over relationship with patient; “dial-a-doping” allegations made over pharmacy delivery UK: A community pharmacist has been issued a warning after it …
Events update
A look at some of the upcoming events on the pharmacy calendar The world comes together The 2024 World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will take place from 1 …
Dialysis patients sometimes on ‘up to 20 tablets in one day’
Pharmacy interventions are crucial to supporting people with kidney disease, says senior renal pharmacist Hospital pharmacists are helping to improve the management of anaemia and blood pressure in people with …