Pharmacy to get $42k refund from landlord
A pharmacy is set to receive over $42,000 from its landlord after a determination that it should not have paid management fees The lessees of a pharmacy in Mandurah, WA, …
PPI link to higher death risk
ASMI has moved to reassure patients after a study linked PPIs to a higher risk of death The study’s authors have suggested it may be time to restrict the indications …
Dispensing fees option could put pharmacies out of business
The Guild says it is still very concerned about the “true intentions” of the King Review Pharmacy Guild executive director David Quilty has written in Forefront that one measure put …
RCPA distances itself from pathology stoush
Following GP backlash to Amcal pathology screenings, the Royal College of Pathologists has clarified its position In a formal statement, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) has stated …
A look inside Ohio’s lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
A look inside Ohio’s lawsuit against opioid manufacturers Efthimios Parasidis, The Ohio State University Ohio made headlines when it became the second state to file a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers …
Poll: Your thoughts on HMRs
What do you think needs to happen in the medicines review space? The King Review panel has acknowledged that changes need to be made in this space, with several submissions …
Shortage processes need to change: pharmacists
More needs to be done so situations mirroring last year’s metformin shortages don’t happen again, they say Medicines shortages are rife and the current processes don’t seem to be helping, …
Junk portion sizes grow over 20 years
New data shows that fast food portions have super-sized over time, with a piece of cake containing 1000kj more than it did 20 years ago Australians are eating ever bigger …
Social media: are you rude or responsive?
If all you do is sell on social media, you need to think again, writes Hamish Chadwick Consider this scenario for a minute. A customer walks into your pharmacy and …
Meet the pharmacist who wants to reduce patients’ drug intake
A Western Sydney pharmacist has created a business helping her customers understand that medicines aren’t everything Joanne Vella loves it when her customers ask her about dodgy health information they’ve …
King Review: not so bad after all?
The pharmacy sector seems to have mellowed when it comes to the King Review It’s fair to say that from the outset, there was a certain amount of trepidation in …
What you said: Pharmacy pathology screenings slammed
A roundup of zingers from across the AJP website and social networks With pharmacy pathology screening likened to “getting your car serviced at the lawn mower shop” by a leading …