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Priceline class action ceases—for the moment
Judge allows case to be dismissed after litigation funder withdraws… but if Labor is elected, proceedings could begin again A class action by disgruntled former Priceline franchisees, who alleged the …
No trademark for Priceline pink
Not enough of the colour used for it to be ‘distinguishing’, IP Australia rules Priceline has lost its bid to protect usage of what it claimed to be its “trademark” …
‘Untidy situation’ as patient punches CWH pharmacist
A pharmacist was allegedly assaulted by a patient who had been asked to wait for his COVID jab Police have arrested a customer who went to a Chemist Warehouse in …
World news wrapup: 12 May 2022
Unlicensed UK “pharmacist” caught dispensing methadone; Canadian pharmacist suspended after failure to supervise staff member; US pharmacist investigated over fake COVID jab cards Rochdale, Greater Manchester: A man has been …
An ‘unreasonable’ pursuit: Tribunal
Pharmacist to pay costs to Pharmacy Board following dispute over registration A dispute over registration requirements has ended in a pharmacist paying costs to the Pharmacy Board of Australia, although …
Pharmacist’s fraud behaviour of the “worst possible kind”
A pharmacist made a string of false claims, including that he had testicular cancer, in order to fleece a friend of close to a million dollars The English pharmacist faced …
Trading hours of PBS-approved pharmacies
What hours are PBS pharmacies required by law to trade? Stephanie McGrath explains Pharmacy law perspective Section 98(3) of the National Health Act allows the Secretary to cancel a PBS …
‘You won’t have a shop to come back to.’
Intimidated by a man who made threats to hurt him and destroy his pharmacy, a pharmacist handed over a mood stabilising prescription medicine A man has appeared in Gympie Magistrates …
Pharmacist catches out doctor’s fake scripts
Case reveals the “important role that pharmacists play in identifying unlawful prescribing,” says tribunal A doctor has been reprimanded and suspended for two months after self-prescribing S8 medication. In early …
Town could lose only pharmacy after rego cancelled
A “responsible, family-focused” pharmacist has argued that he is reformed since buying benzos from a car boot, and cancelling his registration would leave a town without a pharmacy The NSW …
Pharmacy council pays owner $50k in costs
A pharmacy council has been ordered to pay a pharmacy owner costs after dropping conditions that restricted him from compounding or dispensing for online platforms The Pharmacy Council of NSW …
‘No evidence of insight or remorse’
A pharmacist with an impairment has been reprimanded and her registration suspended after she self-dispensed inappropriately The pharmacist fronted the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, facing allegations that she had …