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Christmas spending in the pharmacy
How to take advantage of increased spending over the holiday season and offer value to customers in the pharmacy End-of-year holidays can provide a profitable albeit stressful time for retail …
‘Silly’ decision won’t curb codeine misuse
Upscheduling codeine-containing preparations to script only is unlikely to address issues of misuse and abuse, stakeholders say A spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild told the AJP today that the TGA’s …
Why codeine will be upscheduled: TGA
Products containing codeine will not be able to be sold over the counter in pharmacies from 1 February 2018, the TGA has announced. The TGA says it made the decision …
Codeine upscheduled
Codeine-containing OTC preparations will be upscheduled due to concerns about its abuse Codeine upscheduling decision fails consumers, says the Guild, this morning following the announcement. The decision to upschedule medicines …
Forum: Codeine abuse in s2 products
“I’m curious how everyone else is coping with the excessive use of s2 codeine containing products since medassist has had it’s roll out. If you are recording the s2 codeine …
Safety warning: DAAs linked to hepatitis B risk
The hep C medicines have been associated with reactivation of the hep B virus, which can lead to liver failure and even death A TGA review has found evidence of …
Guild members approve new membership model
Guild Members have overwhelmingly approved the introduction of a new membership model to take effect from 1 July 2017. A referendum of Guild Members Australia-wide has been carried with over …
Twitter roundup: Chrissie edition
Can you say it in 140 characters or less? Wishing you a Merry Christmas with our final Twitter roundup for the year How am I supposed to make it through …
Chemist Warehouse, Ian Harper in King Review conflict of interest
A “fundamental conflict of interest” involving Chemist Warehouse has compromised the independence of the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review, the Pharmacy Guild says. It plans to pursue a Freedom of …
Holiday wishes from the King Review Panel
The King Review panel has stressed the confidential nature of information provided to it, in its last message to stakeholders for the year. Professor Stephen King, Bill Scott and Jo …
First new asthma treatment in a decade
There is new hope for those with “difficult to treat” asthma in the new year, with breakthrough biologic to be PBS listed on 1 Jan Nucala (mepolizumab) is the first …
The week in review
We take a look at the last week in pharmacy With only a few more sleeps left ’till Christmas, a lot of Aussies are already well and truly into the …