Treasurer seeks pharmacy savings
It’s 1984 and relations between the community pharmacy sector and the Labor government are somewhat less than cordial The Labor party appeared to be set on driving pharmacists onto the …
Suspended sentence for Therapeutic Goods Act breaches
Business owner handed a two-year suspended sentence for his role in the unlawful manufacture, supply and export of performance and image-enhancing drugs Businessman, Ryan Gregory McTeigue, has avoided time behind …
Suspended Supercar enthusiast mortgages home at 36% interest
A suspended Sydney pharmacist has mortgaged his home at a rate of 36% per annum, while a Supercars website run by his wife has disappeared from the internet The Australian …
Poll: Is the 8CPA a good deal for community pharmacy?
Pharmacies are set to share in the 8CPA’s $26.5 billion funding pool over the next five years, but is the deal enough to secure the viability of the sector? The …
Health minister to address PSA national conference
Minister for health and aged care Mark Butler MP will again join pharmacists at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s National Conference PSA24 Butler will provide the ministerial address on behalf …
Discount group rounds up change for bowel cancer
Star Discount Chemist has joined the Jodi lee Foundation to help prevent bowel cancer through a new Round Up campaign Patients making purchases in store at Star Discount Chemist outlets …
The latest events
We look at some of the major upcoming events in the pharmacy calendar PSA24: Your pathway to progress It’s little more than a month until PSA24, Australia’s premier educational beacon …
Arrest after armed robbery
A man has been charged after he brought a fake gun to a pharmacy and demanded medication Manningham Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged armed …
World news wrapup – 23 May 2024
British pharmacists call for authority to substitute medications; pharmacist plans return to Gaza days after evacuations; Candian patients want more from their pharmacy. London, UK: Pharmacists in the UK are …
Western Sydney pharmacy scoops banner’s top award
Having collected two Pharmacy of the Year titles at APP in March, a Western Sydney store has added to its 2024 award haul Emerton Pharmacy has added the Amcal Pharmacy …
The Week in Review
Tuesday night’s Federal Budget dominated the week’s news with Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealing an insight into what to expect from the 8CPA The week started with the National Australian Pharmacy …
TGA issues SSSI for abatacept
Pharmacists authorised to substitute Orencia 125mg/mL products to deal with shortages The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) in response to shortages of both …