PBS
Retail giants drove $1 discount uptake
Large discount chains and urban pharmacies are the predominant adopters of the controversial $1 PBS discount, data shows A much higher proportion of scripts have been subject to the $1 …
Medicines on the table
Government announces two major new PBS listings The federal government has announced the addition of two new listings to the PBS from 1 November 2018. The new listings are a …
1 Oct price cuts
Health Minister Greg Hunt has highlighted impending price drops on 24 medicines, as another price disclosure cycle kicks in But the worst of price disclosure for pharmacies is already “done …
The challenges that could prevent success
Pharmacists need to get cracking now to secure their future in a very different pharmacy landscape, warns the Guild In this week’s edition of Forefront, Pharmacy Guild executive director David …
‘Community pharmacy agreements affect all medicines stakeholders.’
A Shorten Labor Government would invite more stakeholders to the 7CPA negotiating table, says the Shadow Health Minister Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare Catherine King spoke at the PharmAus18 …
My big Canadian pharmacy adventure
Elise Apolloni shares what she learnt on her trip to ‘community pharmacy nirvana’ In search of what was bigger and better in the world of community pharmacy, I decided to …
Pharmacy accused of PBS fraud worth $18.7 million
The Australian Federal Police has won the right to seize and keep assets that it says are proceeds of crime Mid-last year the Australian Federal Police (AFP) sought orders against …
Penalty over $22K pharmacy fraud
A South Melbourne pharmacy owner has been reprimanded and suspended for lodging 71 fraudulent PBS claims, which led to criminal charges A Victorian tribunal has censured the owner and operator …
The prices are down
The PBS has published its latest list of medicines set to undergo price disclosure reductions These medicines are part of the Fifth Remove Originator price reduction cycle, set to take …
What a waste!
What are the 20 medicines that are most commonly dumped in your pharmacy’s RUM bin? An article reviewing the findings of the two most recent audits of Return Unwanted Medicines Project …
Supply chain: price cuts moderating but damage done
On 1 April a number of large volume drugs managed to avoid a sizable price cut, however the pharmaceutical supply chain has already suffered serious damage says Bruce Annabel. The …
New antiepileptic now available on PBS
An antiepileptic add-on treatment that has been shown to be effective without the need to titrate for tolerability is now available on the PBS Briviact (brivaracetam) is an add-on therapy …