Exams moved
The Australian Pharmacy Council will re-schedule its upcoming Intern Written Exam set for June and July, it has announced This change is due to COVID-19 impacting on its main exam …
Five stories told, a century later
A new documentary explores the connections between the short lives of five young pharmacy students, the history of the profession in Australia and the modern day At Monash University, a …
CWH to sell News papers
News Corp Australia and Chemist Warehouse have joined forces as the discount giant starts stocking newspapers during the coronavirus pandemic From this week, 100 Chemist Warehouse stores across NSW, Victoria, …
World news wrapup: 30 April 2020
UK mourns another “true NHS hero;” pharmacy owner says frozen business account due to her ethnicity; Indian state introduces pharmacy reporting app North London, England: Britain has lost another pharmacist …
Consumers should apply ‘sniff test’ on unsupported health advice
Doctors have applauded major supermarkets for removing from their shelves a magazine promoting non-evidence-based health advice 2GB’s Ben Fordham spoke to UNSW Associate Professor of Medical Science Dr Darren Saunders, …
Pharmacists urged to download COVIDSafe
Around 2.8 million Australians have downloaded the COVIDSafe app, and the PSA’s national president urges pharmacists to follow suit At a doorstop interview at the Rosebud Respiratory Clinic in Victoria …
When disaster strikes
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has called for formal recognition of the need for community pharmacists to be involved in disaster recovery and relief efforts This involvement would include planning, …
‘A supply chain in distress.’
Access to ventilators aren’t the real risk when it comes to COVID-19, new data suggest… it’s that hospitals can’t get enough related medicines The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia …
Digital image-based scripts for SA
South Australia is the latest jurisdiction to allow pharmacists to dispense medicines without a hard copy paper script Pharmacists in South Australia have been given the go-ahead to supply prescription …
COVID-19 could drop kids’ vaccination rates
Nearly half of vaccinating parents have doubts about their child receiving a flu vaccination from a pharmacy in the future, new data shows A new study published in PLOS One …
Doing business under COVID: API reports results
API says it is well placed to compete in an environment affected by COVID-19, citing the success of initiatives like Priceline’s Click and Collect API presented its 2020 half-year results …
Pharmacies hit hard by pandemic slowdown
Chemist Warehouse and Priceline are reportedly asking for “massive” rent reductions, as API warns that pharmacies could close and one industry expert says some stores are severely impacted by the …