How unpaid train tickets led to pharmacist’s removal from register
A UK pharmacist has been struck off the register after her failure to disclose convictions “verging on the historic” came to light Before she was registered as a pharmacist, the …
PharmX announces net half year profit
PharmX eyes new services and deeper market penetration after posting half-year profit Electronic ordering and invoicing company PharmX has posted a $300,000 underlying net profit after tax for the most …
Tasmanian UTI pilot set to start
With the Tasmanian pilot to go live on 1 March, PDL has some advice Tasmanian pharmacists may be aware of the Tasmanian Community Pharmacy Program, scheduled to go live on …
‘This is an emergency in our community’
Greens Senator asks about the status of ADHD medicine, and slams government over extended expected shortage At last week’s (15 February 2024) Senate Estimates hearings, Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John outlined …
Government yet to confirm new 60-day list
Details of the new medications to be listed for 60-day dispensing will be revealed next week A full list of medications that will be eligible for double dispensing will be …
‘Pharmacy shops are just dead’
Jack Gance tells a retail conference that Chemist Warehouse is eyeing the US market as its traditional format loses appeal Chemist Warehouse co-founder and chairman Jack Gance has told the …
More pharmacists than ever
Pharmacy Board of Australia registration figures top 37,000 for the first time Record numbers of pharmacists hold professional registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, data released by the Australian …
‘Our colony is overrun with medical adventurers’
Should only registered pharmacists be able to dispense therapeutic goods? Following the “great sensation amongst the druggists in this city” – namely, a lawsuit over wrongful dispensing – pharmacists of …
Can we embrace the future?
A UK pharmacy leader talks about the ‘paradigm shift’ of independent prescribing and what it means for the profession’s future As the countdown nears for the graduation of the UKs …
Viagra ‘shopping list’ written on script, man claimed
Pharmacy staff noted discrepancies in handwriting on a script for Viagra and antibiotics, a magistrate’s court has heard Damien Andrew Popp has appeared in the Toowoomba magistrate’s court, where he …
Hospital business delivers for Symbion
Wholesaler reports double-digit growth in hospital division’s revenue EBOS’s Symbion Hospitals division is reporting revenue growth of almost 15% for the first half of the 2023/24 financial year. …