‘Pharmacy is big business’
A prominent GP and pharmacy critic has highlighted the conflict of interest between politics and pharmacy Evan Ackermann has published a new piece in MJA InSight about the Pharmacy Guild …
Shortages continue
New advice on medicines shortages provided by regulators as shipping delays add another case to the list The TGA today advised that Prenoxad 1 mg/mL solution for injection in a …
A win for pharmacy and consumers
Guild welcomes pre-election commitment from Victorian Liberals to legislate for OTC oral contraceptives The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Liberal Party that it will improve …
Supersized distribution
Leading wholesaler opens state-of-the-art new distribution centre as it seeks to grow its position in the pharmaceuticals distribution market The EBOS Group are set to move into a new era …
Pharmacy market update
We’re now in the final quarter of the 2018 calendar year, and Natalie Sirianni reviews and assesses the year to date in terms of pharmacy business sales It has been …
A bright future
Student life can be both a thrill and a challenge. Sheshtyn Paola looks at the highs and lows of being a pharmacy student in Australia today Many of us can …
The week in review
Things got heated this week as GPs fired a few more volleys in their turf war against pharmacists We saw the committee undertaking Queensland’s Parliamentary Inquiry into the pharmacy sector …
Agenda Setters: Elise Apolloni and the Wanni White Coats
AJP chats with Elise Apolloni, who with her crack team of Wanni White Coats was voted by readers as pharmacy’s sixth leading Agenda Setter The Agenda Setters campaign asked AJP readers to …
Maxigesic ads found misleading
AFT Pharmaceuticals has engaged in false and misleading conduct in its Maxigesic advertising, the Federal Court has found The Court found that AFT, the manufacturer of the pain relief brand …
PrEP sees HIV diagnoses drop by a quarter
A new Australian study is the first to evaluate a population-level roll-out of pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men Rapid, targeted, and high-coverage roll-out of pre-exposure prophylaxis …
ACCC loses appeal bid
The High Court has dismissed the ACCC’s application for special leave to appeal the Full Federal Court decision in a case against Pfizer In early 2012, Pfizer offered significant discounts …
EBOS to wholly own Terry White Group
The Terry White Group’s independent directors have decided to recommend accepting EBOS’ proposal to acquire all the shares it does not currently own TWG’s decision to recommend the move was …