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Trials imminent for funded independent prescribers
UK to roll out NHS-funded pharmacist prescribers in community pharmacies, but on local soil, Australian doctors push back Pharmacist independent prescribing services will be trialled across England next year, reports …
World news wrapup: 25 August 2022
Three pharmacy giants told to cough up more than $900 million over opioids; codeine crisis in Ireland; NZ woman convicted over forged scripts Cleveland, Ohio: A US District judge has …
World news wrapup: 11 August 2022
“Something for nothing” attitude bringing down English pharmacies; pharmacy deserts growing in Chicago’s Black, Latino neighbourhoods; men arrested in Indian pharmacist murder England, UK: Pharmacies are partially blaming the “Amazonification” …
Morning after pill refusal not discrimination: jury
A pharmacist who refused to fill a woman’s script for emergency contraception did not discriminate against a woman on the basis of sex, a US jury has found Andrea Anderson …
World news wrapup: 4 August 2022
US pharmacist on trial over emergency contraception refusal; discounter corporate structure under scrutiny in NZ; pharmacists fleeing Nigeria Aitkin, Minnesota: A pharmacist has gone on trial this week after he …
World news wrapup: 28 July 2022
Pharmacist’s “repulsive” alleged acts exchanging pills for sex; US pharmacy stakeholder calls for clarity in wake of abortion debate; Ontarians say wider scope too little, too late Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A …
World news wrapup: 14 July 2022
Pharmacist right to conscientious objection appeal in Poland; NZ pharmacies flooded with patients; US pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid Kraków, Poland: A pharmacist was reprimanded for refusing to dispense emergency contraception …
World news wrapup: 7 July 2022
New hub could handle 40% of UK chain’s scripts, one of Turkey’s oldest pharmacies to become museum upon death of owner; Indian pharmacist’s murder investigated Chesterfield, Derbyshire: The Peak Pharmacy …
World News Wrapup: 30 June 2022
Walgreens takes Boots off the market; the pharmaceutical impact of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade: Pharmacy to boost cheaper cannabis sales US: Pharmacy giant Walgreens has dropped …
World News Wrapup: 23 June 2022
Security guards for a UK pharmacy chain; concerning variations in Irish prescription drug prices; and the dropping of a US court case head the news UK: The Knights Pharmacy group …
World news wrapup: 16 June 2022
Growing violence against UK pharmacists has them worried; “kick in the guts” for Kiwi independents as big discounters move in; US pharmacist founds “Uber Eats” of vaccination UK: Violence against …