Targeting pain
Despite the downturn in the analgesics category, pharmacy’s trusted advice and proactive approach might just be the key to driving positive future growth According to Nielsen data, in the last …
Get rid of it!
We’ve already had some fantastic entries in our ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicines’ competition To encourage pharmacy to support the Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) new consumer campaign, AJP has teamed …
Sigma forewarns lowered profits
Despite having entered formal negotiations with CWH/My Chemist Group, the healthcare provider has been affected by “challenging” industry conditions When Sigma first announced it was taking legal action against CWH …
GP banned from prescribing S8, S4D drugs
His overprescribing patterns affected 13 patients, many of whom were drug dependent or recovering from dependency According to a decision released this week, Dr Angelo Arreza was found to have …
Ramsay hits back over supply stoush
Group says Guild’s concerns it is not complying with pharmacy ownership laws are based on erroneous information Last year Ramsay Health Care, Australia’s largest private hospital group, announced it was …
Clinical tips: Dental and oral health
Esther Lau and Lisa Nissen explain the key role pharmacists play in oral care and dental health Many people will tell you that they can think of many other things …
Forum: Perindopril
It’s 2017. Why is this molecule’s salts still marketed as different strengths? No other drug with salt variants do this. Post a comment here. Other current topics in the AJP …
Pharmacy’s rising stars
We’re coming to the end of our campaign to find Australia’s most inspiring early career pharmacists. Since June, AJP has been asking our readers to help us identify pharmacy’s 10 …
Your top 10
What stories caught your eye in the past month 1. Compounding pharmacist to pay $73,000 in damages 2. Sigma drops Chemist Warehouse legal action 3. Workforce woes: Part 2 4. …
AMA castigates “peddling of alternative codeine models”
But the Guild has hit back saying it’s time to put common sense and patients before “tired old turf wars” The Australian Medical Association fully supports the TGA’s decision to …
World News Wrapup: 10 August 2017
US compounding pharmacist pleads guilty to $192 million healthcare fraud; Brazil to close pharmacy program for low-income population; robot pharmacists rolled out in Dubai Mississippi, US: A pharmacist in charge …
15 ideas for your pharmacy career
Community pharmacy or hospital pharmacy? That is the question… Or is it? These are actually just two options among an array of career pathways, with many pharmacists unaware of just …