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Priceline reports record profits
The owner of Priceline Pharmacy, Soul Pattinson and Pharmacist Advice has flagged a record half-year profit Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) reported on Wednesday that it expects its half-year net profit …
Bowling a good pill
Pharmacy academic stars in first 2017 pharmacy cricket encounter Well known and highly respected Sydney University pharmacy academic Professor Andrew McLaughlin was the early hero of the 2017 National Pharmacy …
Loan breaches soar thanks to price disclosure
Price disclosure has resulted in an “alarming” increase in loan breaches, says financial services provider Mark Churchill, managing director of Allfin Financial Services, says that continued tough times in pharmacy …
NAPSA Congress inspires
The enthusiasm of pharmacy students attending the 2017 NAPSA Congress indicates the profession’s future will be in safe hands, says the association’s president President of the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ …
Regulatory revelations
New PBS listings from special meeting revealed, while the TGA warns on a new product shortage A special meeting of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) in December 2016 …
Pharmacy Guild welcomes incoming NSW Health Minister
The NSW Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has extended its hand to the new state Premier and Health Minister NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has chosen veteran minister Brad …
Meet the finalists: Waikerie Pharmacy
Waikerie Pharmacy is one of the finalists in the Pharmacy of the Year 2017 competition The recognition that the pharmacy environment is changing and that business practices have to adapt …
Consumers warned: be wary of death clocks
Online “death clocks” that claim to be able to tell you how long you’ve got vary widely in their estimates of personal doomsdays… and their predictions should be taken with …
Pharmacist struck off over illicit images of kids
A NZ pharmacist who regularly downloaded and printed out dozens of child sex abuse images at his workplace has been struck off Geoffrey Clifford Allen had a 10-year habit of …
The week in review
We take a look back at the last week in Australian pharmacy Australia Day (or Invasion Day) week in community pharmacy didn’t start well, as the latest round of PBS …
Poll: Will you keep using MedsASSIST?
Will you keep using MedsASSIST now that codeine is to go S4? Just before Christmas last year, the TGA finally made its long-awaited pronouncement on the future of codeine-containing OTCs. …
Underrecognition, low wages: pharmacy’s biggest challenges
The biggest issues confronting pharmacists in 2017 are lack of recognition as healthcare professionals, low wages and declining PBS income, according to an AJP poll About 400 voters were able …