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World news wrapup: 5 November 2020
Viral video by pharmacy workers offends; Kiwi pharmacies shut out of COVID help funds; Italians spark run on supplement County Armagh, Northern Ireland: The Gordons Chemist chain has apologised after …
Sigma GM charged with insider trading
Following the 2018 announcement that Sigma would no longer be the main supplier to Chemist Warehouse, a general manager at Sigma has now been charged with insider trading The Australian …
Police dog finds pharmacy cat burglar
A man broke into a South Australian pharmacy through the air conditioning ducts, then ingested a cocktail of prescription medicines South Australian police have issued a statement about a Salisbury …
Competency case to be redecided
A pharmacist proprietor has successfully appealed a decision that saw him struck off the register after being labelled “unfit” to practise pharmacy A judge has found that a tribunal erred …
Pharmacist pinged for importing masks
The TGA has issued an infringement notice for $2,664 to a Sydney-based pharmacist for the alleged unlawful importation of medical face masks in relation to COVID-19 The pharmacist allegedly breached …
Intern forced to walk boss’s dog, wash her car
A former intern was charged with fraud and forgery after she faked her boss’s signature to get away from her job News Corp media have reported on the case of …
Pharmacy owner on serious charges
A Sydney pharmacist has fronted court charged with child sex offences News Corp media report that the pharmacist, who the AJP has chosen not to name as legal proceedings are …
World news wrapup: 15 October 2020
Pharmacy owner allegedly sent cocaine to DEA official after investigation began; another Lloyds pharmacist refuses emergency contraception; transgender patients lose access to medicines Queens, New York: Pharmacy owner Dimitrios Lymberatos …
Censure after trans-Tasman drug thefts
After stealing Ritalin and surrendering his registration to practise in Australia, a pharmacist went home to New Zealand and offended again The pharmacist had his New Zealand registration cancelled after …
Pharmacist snooped using colleagues’ login
After her marriage ended, worry about her daughter and an ‘obsession’ with her former husband’s partner triggered a pharmacist into inappropriately accessing their medical records The New Zealand Health Practitioners …
‘I can get u more Valium if u need em.’
SMS exchanges led to a nurse being found guilty of professional misconduct for supplying prescription drugs to patients in exchange for money, and borrowing thousands of dollars from them A …
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ party pharmacist sentenced
A pharmacist has been handed an 18-month suspended sentence by a Dublin court after he supplied prescription drugs to his friends Irish media report that John O’Meara, the 42-year-old owner …