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The best advice
What were our ten best read business columns for 2021? It’s been a couple of years of turmoil and uncertainty, and this is true for the business side of pharmacy …
A new code
How does the new Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2021 affect community pharmacy? Emi Gosling explains The TGAC 2021 will come into effect on 1 January 2022, with a transition period …
The rumbling mountain
Community pharmacy continues to ignore the warning signs of an impending upheaval at its peril Pliny the Younger’s letters didn’t mention the earthquakes that preceded the eruption of Mount Vesuvius …
Moving forward
Participation in the COVID-19 vax program created workflow issues for many pharmacies. Jenny Blair from The Next Level says the forward pharmacy model is a solution to the problem As …
Focusing on future generations
Mentoring and encouraging the next generation of pharmacists is essential if we’re to bring along the next wave of owners, says John Thornett We have often said that your team …
The price of hindsight
Are pharmacies fanning the flames of disaster by their poor planning around managing their business margin? Diners at the Plaza Hotel in New York were given reason to pause over …
Blending the human and the machine
Webstercare founder Gerard Stevens describes how a Japanese business process concept helps boost outcomes from systems and processes “Work smarter not harder,” “Quality, not quantity.” We’ve all heard these refrains. …
AI meets the real world
Artificial intelligence in the pharmacy is not the way of the future—it’s here now Hearing the term ‘artificial intelligence’ (or ‘AI’) may conjure up an array of Hollywood images—Skynet in …
Electronic execution and remote witnessing: latest developments
Stephanie McGrath takes an updated look at everything pharmacists need to know Further to my article https://staging.ajp.com.au/columns/electronic-execution-and-remote-witnessing/ on 12 April 2021, there have been more developments in this space. The …
API acquisition joust not over yet
Wesfarmers the front runners but Sigma still in the running as takeover battle rumbles on When Wesfarmers bought W.H.Soul Pattinson’s 19.3% share of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) in the first …
Surf’s Up
Pharmacies have found themselves in unpredictable waters over the past couple of years. Those who have navigated them most effectively have mostly followed a similar path to success Australian triple …
On the market
Survey reveals there is strong buyer demand and growing availability of pharmacies on the pharmacy market The results of a new market sentiment survey indicate there is “very strong buyer …