online pharmacy
The week in review
Codeine news and the prospect of $20 online prescriptions caused controversy this week The ever-present issue of codeine loomed large this week, as the results of this study, which helped …
Online GP and pharmacy services “second best”
Doctor and pharmacy groups criticise websites that offer online consultations, scripts and medication delivery Following the announcement that Qoctor – formerly known as Dr Sicknote – is now expanding its …
Bio-Organics Glycemix joins Click and Collect
Sanofi Consumer Healthcare’s Bio-Organics Glycemix website will be connected to the Pharmacy Guild’s Click and Collect network The Glycemix specialty range will be available for consumers to purchase online and …
Go away, Amazon!
Most AJP readers don’t support Amazon.com entering the prescription drug business – although it wouldn’t be the first time it has done so Last month, sources claimed that Amazon is …
Unregulated internet a minefield for medicines
Antibiotics are available without prescription in nearly 50% of online pharmacy websites surveyed by UK researchers Online pharmacies that provide medicines without a script may be contributing to antibiotic resistance …
‘We’re constantly being scrutinised by the Chinese consumer’
They’ve phoned pharmacies and even sent relatives to Australia to check the pharmacies from which they source health products are real, physical entities Chinese consumers are stopping at very little …
Pharmacies launch Chinese mobile payment system
Azoya, a turnkey e-commerce solutions provider, today announced that it now officially supports WeChat Pay on multiple cross-border e-commerce sites in Australia and New Zealand. This is just in time …
World News Wrapup: 10 October 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news around the world Aberdeen, Scotland: An Aberdeen pharmacist has been sentenced to 20 months’ jail after he pled guilty to forging scripts and …
Can you spot a fake?
Would you be able to tell a real medicine from a fake one? This important question is being posed to the public, healthcare professionals and policymakers by the World Health …
Only buy from reputable source: CMA
Complementary Medicines Australia has today reiterated the warning by Australia’s medicines regulator of the dangers of purchasing weight loss medicines online, especially from unknown overseas websites. “The importance of the …
Hazardous weight loss products being purchased online
The TGA has warned that Australians are purchasing weight loss medicines that include dangerous pharmaceutical substances from overseas websites Associate Professor Tim Greenaway, the TGA’s Principal Medical Adviser, said the …
Chinese influencers to tour Aussie pharmacy
A select group of influential online celebrities from China will arrive in Australia next week for the ‘Walk Into Australia and New Zealand’ campaign, organised by leading turnkey e-commerce solutions provider Azoya and …