Sigma makes strategic hire
Pharmaceutical wholesaler Sigma Healthcare Limited names new chief financial officer (CFO) Sigma Healthcare has confirmed Mark Conway will join the group’s management team as CFO from 1 November. Sigma CEO, …
Nurses ready to ease primary care burden
Governments are being urged to invest in nursing to fill gaps in primary care services Nurses have the skills to play a greater role in managing and treating minor ailments …
Transforming pharmacy
SHPA President Tom Simpson talks about the organisation’s new Transformation agenda for pharmacy This week SHPA released Transformation 2024, a ‘growth agenda over the next twelve months to expand the …
World news wrapup: 27 July 2023
Pharmacists get the green light to prescribe; academic retains job after suspension over criticism of a political leader’s handling of Texas’s opioid crisis; UK committee slams government’s failure to meet …
PDL opens Student Grant applications
Pharmacy students can now apply to enter the 2023 PDL Student Grant Program The PDL Student Grant Program provides assistance to selected individual pharmacy students to attend a recognised conference …
No room for complacency with e-scripts
Electronic prescriptions do not eliminate dispensing errors Pharmacists are being urged to check electronic prescriptions as thoroughly as they would paper-based scripts. Speaking during a digital health update webinar …
Tightening the screws
TGA says it will clamp down on vapes, medicinal cannabis and the wellness industry over the next 12 months The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has published its import, advertising and supply …
Wesfarmers shifts Target boss to Priceline
Target managing director, Richard Pearson, is set to shape Priceline Pharmacy’s retail strategy and operations, as part of a leadership reshuffle at Wesfarmers Pearson will assume the role of retail …
Big American investor buys the EBOS ‘dip’
US asset manager BlackRock snaps up cheaper shares in wake of Chemist Warehouse contract loss shock Gargantuan US asset manager BlackRock has been buying and selling significant amounts of EBOS …
Model reduces errors, costs, length of stay
Partnered pharmacist prescribing “benefits at every level” as SHPA launches National PPMC Credential The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) in partnership with The Alfred has launched a National …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Effect of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Cardiovascular Outcomes Across Various Patient Populations This meta-analysis of 13 trials assessed the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors …
Inaugural Dr Erica Sainsbury Awards announced
New awards recognising pharmacy leaders have been established, named after an ‘extraordinary mentor’ The Australian Pharmacy Council has announced the inaugural Dr Erica Sainsbury Awards, established to recognise and reward …
