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The week in review
It’s been a busy week in pharmacy, as other health professionals continue to discuss the role of pharmacists GPs are still talking about the roles of pharmacists: this week Dr …
Sigma affirms ‘strong future’
A review initiated after losing My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse supply contract has identified over $100m per year in savings Sigma Healthcare Limited has announced a “strong outlook” after conducting a review …
Business plan competition open
The thirteenth National Student Business Plan Competition is now underway The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s 2019 competition was launched during the Annual NAPSA Congress in Adelaide. Team captain of the …
Clinical tips: Keeping up resolutions
This New Year, think about the health of your pharmacy as well as your own, writes Karalyn Huxhagen We all make resolutions, and the New Year is a good time …
Getting the business done
What were our 10 best-read business-related stories in 2018? These were the 10 most read business columns, features and stories on the AJP website during 2018: A point of difference …
CWH contract loss an ‘opportunity’
API thinks it has a better chance of merging with Sigma second-time around following PBS reforms and a changed industry landscape Last Friday Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (API) announced that …
Lease vs licence
What is the difference and which one is appropriate for pharmacies? Stephanie McGrath explains There are different types of commercial agreements that a pharmacist will come across during the course of …
CWH restructuring to full franchise model
Retailing under current regulations is like “fighting with one arm tied behind your back,” says Chemist Warehouse co-founder Jack Gance Speaking to the Weekend Australian’s Victorian Business Editor, Damon Kitney, …
Applying production-line philosophy to pharmacy?
How assembly line theory can help maximise efficiency and effectiveness in community pharmacy, by Glenn Guilfoyle Readers of the trade press over recent months will have had opportunity to digest the …
Pharmacies vs supermarkets
Consumers choose to buy non-prescription medicines in community pharmacies due to trust in their competence, care and accurate information, according to latest research While community pharmacies are considered trustworthy, consumers …
It’s official: CWH and EBOS sign
EBOS has announced to shareholders that it has signed a multi-billion-dollar agreement to supply the Chemist Warehouse Group The agreement will see EBOS take over the exclusive wholesale distribution of …
Finance access enhanced
The Morrison Government has announced a $2 billion fund to change small business access to funding, in a move welcomed by the Guild “The Liberal National Government will significantly enhance …