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‘Health professionals must never be targeted’
Alongside colleagues in nursing, medicine and dentistry, pharmacists condemn violence against health providers The World Health Professions Alliance is asking health professionals worldwide to sign an open letter calling for …
The home front
In between advertising Queen Macassar Oil for setting victory rolls in place and announcing that housewives needed Scrubb’s Cloudy Ammonia, the AJP told us that many Australians had a case …
World news wrapup: 8 February 2024
Common ailments service leaves frontline pharmacists in tricky situation; empty pharmacy shelves in Gaza; Amazon cutting back pharmacy jobs UK: The UK’s Pharmacists Defence Association has criticised the way the …
World news wrapup: 19 October 2023
Rite-Aid files for bankruptcy protection; NZ co-pay abolition sees patients return to independents; FIP statement on Israel-Gaza New York, US: Pharmacy chain Rite Aid, beset by difficult trading conditions, consequences …
The ‘lost profession’ – or essential?
It’s 1943 and the pharmacy sector is talking about scope of practice and how it meshes with the profession’s retail aspect “Vague fears for the future have been expressed recently …
How pharmacists are helping Ukraine
Pharmacists in Ukraine desperately need medicines – but the way they were receiving them wasn’t initially helpful. One Australian pharmacy group stepped in to help Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) has …
World news wrapup: 31 March 2022
NZ pharmacies rebuffed in attempt to prevent new CWH next door; Ukrainian pharmacists tell of their injuries; crime in the UK WARNING: Graphic images below Wellington, New Zealand: A group …
World news wrapup: 17 March 2022
Pharmacies burned down by medical students, doctors slam Biden’s “test to treat” COVID plan, pharmacists tell of shortages in Kyiv Darbhanga, India: Several pharmacies have been burned down in the …
World news wrapup: 10 March 2022
Ukraine’s First Lady praises pharmacy workers; Belfast pharmacist stabbed; Wellington pharmacist tells of anti-mandate protest impact Ukraine: Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenskyi, has singled out pharmacy workers for praise in …
‘Pharmacy holds strong.’
The pharmacy sector is rallying behind its colleagues and patients in Ukraine, as the Russian invasion continues Ukraine’s Health Minister has said that the country needs a humanitarian corridor to …
World news wrapup: 3 March 2022
Pharmacy solidarity for Ukraine and its pharmacists; drunk pharmacist goes on liquor bottle rampage; Kiwi pharmacists under fire over elusive RATs Vienna, Austria: At an executive meeting of Employed Community …
Returning to normal
September 1945: World War II is over, and restrictions on medicine sales, and pharmacy ownership were being lifted. Meanwhile, readers were unhappy with GPs’ script standards The recent cessation of …