‘Reckless’ behaviour sees pharmacist disqualified for five years
A pharmacist who made fake PBS claims for fertility drugs had a significant disciplinary history, a Tribunal has heard A pharmacist has appeared before the State Administrative Tribunal of Western …
Pharmacy profit collapse of ‘30% or more’
Double-dispensing to create “profitability crisis” like 2000s generic price cuts; analyst report Sixty-day dispensing will trigger a pharmacy “sector crisis” going all the way from frontline pharmacies up to wholesalers, …
Begging an option for some owners
With 60-day dispensing on its way, proprietors are looking at services they can add or cut to maintain the viability of their businesses Just over half of pharmacy owners are …
Citation needed
Who has been editing Mark Butler’s Wikipedia page? Last week, pharmacist and head of The Locum Glen Kanawati posted an image of the Health Minister’s Wikipedia page – commenting that …
Kiwi doctors urge end to consumer drug ads
Combined bodies push for end to “biased, overly optimistic” pharmaco advertising An open letter calling for an end to New Zealand’s unusual direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines has been published …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Clinical practice guideline for deprescribing opioid analgesics This paper is a summary of the Evidence‐based clinical practice guideline for …
Pharmacist appeals PBS fraud sentence
A pharmacist has cited financial pressures, including due to the pandemic, in his appeal against his jail term for PBS fraud The NSW pharmacist made false claims for medicines including …
Botched ODT changes another nail in the coffin
One pharmacy owner tells the AJP Podcast about his fears for the future of the opioid dependence therapy program via community pharmacy Morwell, Victoria pharmacy owner Sam Armstrong talks to …
PSA welcomes Qld Govt’s sudden no cost ‘flu vaccine announcement
State-wide vaccines for all-comers from 22 July on back of huge influenza B outbreak The Queensland Government’s announcement of state-wide, no-cost influenza vaccinations for everyone in the state from Saturday, …
Cautious pharmacists want mandatory training to extend scope
Community pharmacists are confident in their ability to play a greater role in the delivery of healthcare but believe formal recognition of their skills is needed More than 80% of …
Pharmacy Whac-A-Mole
60-day dispensing promises to present pharmacies with multiple issues. They will need a comprehensive plan to confront them Kazuo Yamada hunched over his desk as he concentrated hard on his …
The week in review
There was a sharp contrast between confidence in the pharmacy sector late last year, and the reality mid-2023, as our headlines showed this week The University of Technology Sydney Pharmacy …