wholesalers
Protect patient access: wholesalers
Wholesalers are calling for a broad consultation into double dispensing and its impacts, saying that they are ready to work with both government and pharmacy National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) …
Double dispensing impact analysis falls short of ‘good practice’
Impact analysis used to support the decision to introduce double dispensing would have benefited from more consultations with pharmacists, a bureaucrat believes An assessment of the impact analysis used to …
‘Pharmacy best days behind us’; report
Double dispensing will also hit wholesalers as poorest pharmacist customers pressure margins, says health analyst Double dispensing is the biggest financial hit to Australian pharmacy in 15 years and wholesalers …
Time to deliver on 7CPA promises: wholesalers
Funding arrangements for pharmaceutical wholesalers in the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) are not being honoured, an industry leader says Wholesalers are being short-changed by failures to honour the “the …
“It’s a disaster, and we all need to say no.”
A key stakeholder has urged pharmacists to refuse the National Medicines Traceability Framework, saying it is an “abject failure” in Europe and making it harder for pharmacists to do their …
Court approves API acquisition
Wesfarmers’ acquisition of API has successfully made it through the Federal Court API has announced that the Federal Court of Australia has made orders approving the scheme of arrangement between …
Sigma out of the race for API
Sigma Healthcare has announced that it will not proceed with its proposal to merge with API The wholesaler made the announcement on Friday, following a series of gambits made by …
API to ‘vigorously defend’ action
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries has confirmed that a class action has been filed against it API has issued a statement confirming that a class action has been filed against it in …
Door opened on COVID jab distribution
The ACCC has made a decision which wholesalers say will facilitate discussions with Government for potential involvement in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout The ACCC has extended existing authorisation allowing NPSA …
Former Guild head joins API
API Limited has announced that it has appointed George Tambassis to the role of non-executive director of the company, effective immediately In a statement this week API noted Mr Tambassis’ …
Ready for more disaster
The wholesalers say their Rapid Response teams are ready, with additional new storage capacity, increased information sharing, to meet more challenges this summer The National Pharmaceutical Services Association says that …
Sigma GM charged with insider trading
Following the 2018 announcement that Sigma would no longer be the main supplier to Chemist Warehouse, a general manager at Sigma has now been charged with insider trading The Australian …