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Chemist Warehouse on top
Chemist Warehouse has emerged as the top seller in China’s mid-year-shopping festival, the 618 festival Inside FMCG reports that the discount giant was the top seller on Tmall, an Alibaba …
Colour run
Home hair colour may be on the decline, but pharmacies are still a big player New research from Roy Morgan shows the number of Australians buying hair colour has been …
Knitting program gets communities engaged
Guardian Pharmacy says the first month of its annual Knitting for Good 2019 campaign has been a success, following an immediate and significant rise in pharmacy participation and involvement Now …
‘Cooking is compounding—a batch sheet is just a recipe in my head.’
AJP exclusive: We chat with Ben Trobbiani, SA pharmacist and current contestant on MasterChef Adelaide pharmacist Ben Trobbiani, 24, has traded in his pharmacist coat for a chef’s apron to …
Advice on ‘natural’ claims
The TGA has released “substantially revised” guidance on the use of the word “natural” and related claims when advertising medicines and medical devices to the public The organisation notes that …
Balance needed on pay-later services
Pharmacy groups including TerryWhite Chemmart and Chemist Warehouse have joined a trial of Afterpay, prompting criticism from some experts Following its successful expansion into the dental and optometry sectors, Afterpay …
How many pharmacists are on the ‘gravy train’?
An analysis has looked into how many pharmacists receive money from the pharmaceutical industry A new analysis of pharmaceutical industry payments has shown that pharmacists accounted for only 2.9% of …
Service recognised
A number of leaders of pharmacy have been rewarded for a lifetime of service in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list Former Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) national president Warwick …
Staying the same
Mometasone to remain a mostly prescription product after downscheduling application is knocked back TGA regulators have rejected a proposal to move the corticosteroid mometasone to become a Schedule 3 product. …
Widen RTM scope to all S3, S4 meds: coroner
A coroner has recommended making the ACT’s DORA system mandatory for all prescribers and pharmacists, after the death of a woman from multi-drug toxicity Forty-eight-year-old Lauren Maree Johnstone died in …
Now is the time for investment
Medicines misuse and misadventure in Australia results in 250,000 hospital admissions and 400,000 emergency department presentations, at an alarming cost of $1.4 billion annually “This does not include the costs …