CWH, Priceline the beauty winners
Australian women are increasingly buying their cosmetics and skincare online, new data shows – and the pharmacy channel’s share is growing A shift to online purchasing of cosmetics is having …
Caught in the ratings cycle
Is there a risk in health professions being caught up in reality TV-like public turf wars? And can collaboration happen on everyone’s terms, asks Anthony Tassone Recently I spent some …
Pharmacy market update
The robust pharmacy market of the last few years may face disruption from a number of external factors in 2019 says Natalie Sirianni For those of you that regularly read …
Pharmacists should be the glue that keep us together
Chris Freeman looks at why medical practitioners and pharmacists need to collaborate, not skirmish “Coming together is a beginning; Keeping together is progress; Working together is success.”—Henry Ford It takes …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week in pharmacy, as other health professionals continue to discuss the role of pharmacists GPs are still talking about the roles of pharmacists: this week Dr …
CWH expands footy partnership
Chemist Warehouse has teamed up with the NRL as the official naming rights partner for Sunday Football in 2019 In 2018, the discount giant had partnered with the NRL across …
Charges after pharmacy arrest
Victoria’s police oversight body has charged a Victoria Police officer with assault after the arrest of a man who held up a pharmacy with a pair of scissors According to …
Union calls for industry-wide bargaining
The employee pharmacists’ union has likened pharmacist wages to those of a “labourer” – a comparison the Guild rejects In a post on its website, Professional Pharmacists Australia has called …
David Quilty steps down
Guild executive director announces his retirement Pharmacy Guild of Australia executive director David Quilty has announced he will retire after six years in the job. The Guild’s national president, George …
Pharmacy’s got talent
Fancy yourself a performer of some sort? Prepare your acts for APP2019 for your chance to win registrations for APP2020 and an Amazon voucher Get your song and dance numbers …
Time to connect
The Pharmacy Guild has announced that the fourth annual Pharmacy Connect will be held from 5-7 September 2019 at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney Hosted by the NSW Branch, Pharmacy …
$1 million for pharmacy education
Monash University has launched a new fellowship enabled by the largest philanthropic gift to pharmacy education in contemporary times Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has this week …