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Priceline’s media account up for grabs
After nine years with one agency, pharmacy’s pinkest multi-million dollar account has been put out to tender The valuable and highly-prized Priceline media account has been put out to tender …
Credlin ‘fooled’ by Government: ‘Thank God I talked to my pharmacist’
Political commentator Peta Credlin has lashed out at double dispensing, saying pharmacies are paying while the Government saves money – and taking a swipe at opioid replacement therapy The former …
Docs ‘gobsmacked’ to discover longstanding clause
In its latest salvo against the Pharmacy Guild, a doctor stakeholder group has slammed the remuneration adjustment mechanism in the 7CPA Doctor groups continue to lobby for 60-day dispensing and …
Docs aim at ‘go-it-alone’ pharmacy prescribing
Docs launch an ad campaign attacking pharmacist prescribing, while one media outlet calls for a ceasefire between the sectors The Australian Medical Association has announced a media campaign, aimed at …
$218m copay savings expected in 2023
The Health Minister has announced a new campaign to promote its maximum PBS copayment cut to the general public Mark Butler has announced that in January and February, Australians have …
‘You made a number of false statements.’
A leading GP is speaking out in the media against pharmacist prescribing using what the Guild calls a “wildly incorrect” reading of Canadian data Dr Nicole Higgins, national president of …
Doctors tell him pharmacists can’t prescribe. Here’s how he responds
An Auckland-trained pharmacist is speaking out to GPs about practising to the top of scope, in response to doctors’ concerns Melbourne pharmacist Pardeep Singh told the AJP that pharmacists are …
Pharmacy prescribing like a bus driver flying a plane: AMA
A leading doctor has called the Queensland pharmacy prescribing pilot a “dangerous experiment” while the Guild says GPs are trying to protect business The ABC has reported on the controversy …
The week in review
A many-sided stoush about vaping and pharmacy kickbacks, COVID news and the PSA conference all made news this week This week saw controversy over vaping rear its head, with News …
Tobacco giant rejects CWH claims
Following controversy over a pharmacy vaping scheme described by one stakeholder as “kickbacks,” Philip Morris says Chemist Warehouse founder has made false claims Earlier this week, News Corp health reporter …
CWH, PSA denounce Philip Morris ‘bribing the pharmacist’ scheme
Philip Morris offered to let Chemist Warehouse exclusively sell its vaping range, claims the discounter’s founder, as PharmaPrograms postpones the launch of its controversial program Pharmacy stakeholders have weighed in …