Guild offers dermatitis course
Guild Learning and Development is partnering with Ego Pharmaceuticals in the development of an online course, “Quality use of topical corticosteroids in atopic dermatitis” Atopic dermatitis affects up to 20% …
Opinion piece hits nerve
An article calling for supermarket ownership of pharmacies, dumping of CPAs and minimum $100K salary for experienced pharmacists has drawn the ire of industry reps Published online, the piece has …
World news wrapup: 27 April 2017
UK pharmacists struggle with understaffing; pharmacy security guard arrested for sexual abuse; NZ remains “open” to the concept of funding tampons UK: The union for UK pharmacists says it has …
Show me the money
Pre-Budget media revelations may not be all that they seem What is being described as “one of the most comprehensive pre-Budget leaks ever” has revealed the federal government plans a …
The richest man in pharmacy
Who is the world’s richest retail pharmacy shareholder? He’s the CEO of what is described as “the world’s first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise”, and he’s also its largest …
What you said: the pay gap
It’s been a busy week in our comments section, with the gender pay gap proving to be a hot topic Readers responded with interest to an AJP story in which …
Responsible advertising reminder
AHPRA and the National Boards have reminded health professionals about their legal obligations regarding advertising AHPRA says registered practitioners need to check, correct and comply with their professional and legal …
Three pharmacy services could save billions
Just three pharmacy professional services could save Canada up to CAD$25.7 billion, a new report has found The new report, released by the Conference Board of Canada, found that if …
Apotex celebrates 10,000 clinics with Steve Waugh
Apotex marked its 10,000th APO-Wellness clinic over the long weekend by vaccinating cricket legend Steve Waugh Apotex held a special flu vaccination event featuring Blooms The Chemist ambassador and Australian …
Vaccination campaign to tackle myths
The Coalition Government is rolling out a new campaign to encourage childhood vaccination The $5.5 million immunisation awareness campaign is aimed at achieving the Government’s target of all children being …
How to activate your patients
You’ve heard of activated almonds… but what are activated patients? Dr Angel Gonzalez takes a look On average chronic patients make up 25% of the population of most developed countries …
Research roundup
Debbie Rigby examines the latest research news Faecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridum difficile infection Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has become routine in managing recurrent C. difficile infection (CDI) refractory …