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New figures show medicines in Australia are cheap in comparison to other countries US medicines are 307% more expensive than the median global cost but Australian medicines are 25% cheaper, …

The Health Minister “just does not get it or does not care” about Australians not filling scripts due to cost, says pharmacist politician Emma McBride In the House of Representatives …

Half of adults and one-third of children in an Australian study were either decreasing or skipping doses of asthma medicines to make them last longer A team of researchers led …

NSW Guild president highlights out-of-pocket cost of medicines and criticises the “5-minute medicine” of corporate general practice in his latest column Cost of living is a key issue for community …

Alaskans directed to fill legitimate opioid scripts; Essex pharmacist struck off after “gross abrogation” of duty; Rotoruans can’t afford to fill scripts Alaska, US: People with chronic pain in Alaska …

The number of under co-payment scripts continues to increase with about 90 million supplied in 2017-18 – mostly for antibiotics, antidepressants and statins From 1 July 2017 to 30 June …

While most pharmacies will carry on operating ‘business as usual’ come the 1 October cuts, more strategic ones will look for ways to offset the impacts, writes Trent Ruprecht The pharmacy …

Last month, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surprised Pfizer by refusing a donation of one million doses of the company’s pneumonia vaccine With high numbers of children who are not immunised against …