PHARMACY Guild NSW Branch Committee member and head of Pharmacy4Less, Feras Karem, may be pondering a rebrand, after the University of Alberta's Dr Ross Tsuyuki, expressed his disdain for the use of "discount type terminology", at Pharmacy Connect on Fri.
Karem, who chaired the session titled 'The biggest enemy of pharmacists are...pharmacists', was left wondering whether conference organisers had deliberately chosen him to host Tsuyuki's presentation, knowing he disapproved of pharmacists who focused on price.
A number of "supportive" colleagues were overheard encouraging the Pharmacy4Less boss to consider alternative names, while Karem laughingly said he'd flag their suggestions at the firm's next roadshow, possibly putting it to a vote.
Tamiflu isn't the only thing governments are stockpiling.
Chinese officials are getting close to releasing some of the country's reserves of frozen pork, amid squeals from the community about shortages due to a swine fever epidemic.
About a third of the country's porcine population has been wiped out by the disease which is also known as "pig ebola".
Measures addressing the issue include rationing and subsidies to encourage pig breeding.
It's unclear how large the Chinese stocks of pig meat are, but officials said they were closely monitoring the situation before trotting out the reserves.
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