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UK pharmacy gets reprieve from £170 million cut
The UK’s pharmacy sector has earned a reprieve from a planned cut to the sector which were to have seen its funding slashed by 6% next month. Pharmacy Minister David …
‘A pharmacy without a pharmacist is a shop.’
A pharmacy without a pharmacist is just a shop, the president of the UK’s Royal Pharmaceutical Society has told a conference Any Amazon-isation of pharmacy would be to the detriment …
World news wrapup: 1 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy news around the world US: Following controversy over the skyrocketing price in the US of Mylan’s EpiPen, the company has stated …
World news wrapup: 25 August 2016
We wrap up the week in pharmacy news Ohio, US: Police in Hamilton have shot and killed a suspect who was holding a knife to a Walgreens pharmacist’s throat, WLWT5 …
UK locums to boycott supermarket giant after pay cut
UK pharmacy locums are set to boycott Tesco next month after news earlier this year that the supermarket giant would slash its hourly locum rate. One Voice Pharmacy, which says …
World news wrapup: 18 August 2016
We wrap up the week’s pharmacy news from around the world New York, US: A pharmacist has been found guilty of distributing black market HIV medications in a scam which …
Hope for UK pharmacy cuts?
The UK’s new PM has raised hopes that she might reverse cuts to the UK’s community pharmacy sector, the Sunday Express reports. National Pharmacy Association chairman Ian Strachan, who presented …
World News Wrapup: 4 August 2016
AJP takes a look at pharmacy news from around the world Hawaii, US: A pharmacist and pharmacy technician in Hawaii have quit their jobs after being robbed by a man …
World news wrapup: 28 July 2016
AJP takes a look at pharmacy-related news around the world Mykonos, Greece: An Athens pharmacist has been arrested for trafficking in cocaine and hashish in Mykonos clubs, the Greek Reporter …
World news wrapup: 14 July 2016
We take a look at the world’s pharmacy news over the last week Venezuela: When Venezuela temporarily lifted a year-old closure of its border with Colombia, tens of thousands of …
Pharmacy gender pay gap widens
The pay gap between male and female pharmacists in the UK has more than doubled in only a year, Chemist + Druggist reports. The results of its C+D Salary Survey …
World News Wrapup: 7 July 2016
AJP takes a look at the week’s pharmacy news from around the world Alabama, US: Two Alabama pharmacists have been sentenced to 12 and 10 months in prison for their …