Rising to the top
We speak to Sam Turner, a popular president of NAPSA in 2014/15, selected as one of AJP’s 10 Rising Stars of Pharmacy. AJP: What are you currently up to in …
An historic transaction
Is this the oldest pharmacy invoice? AJP has recently been running, in collaboration with the RUM project, a competition to identify Australia’s oldest medicines being returned to pharmacy’s for disposal. …
Taking home the prize
Which ASMI member companies do pharmacists rate highest? Results revealed on awards night The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) announced the winners of its prestigious Diamond Awards for excellence in …
Government tactics under fire
Amendments to allow easier importing of medicinal cannabis go before Parliament as government tactics described as an “utter disgrace” The Federal Government’s decision to defy the Senate and continue to …
Ruling: ‘a person served by a pharmacist is not a patient but a customer’
Is a pharmacist a provider of health services? One tribunal has had its say According to a recent legal ruling, one particular pharmacy at least may not be primarily a …
Location rules in Parliament
A continuation of existing pharmacy location rule provisions is among the 2017 Budget amendments tabled in Parliament this week The measures are part of the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits – …
Missing an opportunity
Australian pharmacists may be missing a major opportunity to expand their professional role by being unaware of continued dispensing provisions A survey of Australian pharmacists’ attitudes to medicine reclassification (ie. …
A rising star of pharmacy
We speak to Krysti-Lee Rigby, voted by readers at number three in our list of Pharmacy’s 10 Rising Stars AJP spoke to Krysti-Lee to find out more about her career …
An all-over tonic
The final winner of our AJP/RUM ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ campaign has been chosen The winning entry is from Christian Rossi of Maddington Village Pharmacy, WA, and is three bottles …
Change is on the menu
We’ve made some changes to our website menu bar, with some exciting new additions for our readers Eagle-eyed readers will notice that the menu bar on our website looks a …
Moving on from a decade of success
He is the self-described Allan Langer of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Queensland branch, but Tim Logan has successfully steered another Banana state success story for over a decade. For …
The older the better
It’s now entering the final week of the RUM/AJP ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ and entries are continuing to arrive in our inbox. Among the recent contenders is an unopened …