Headlines
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RPHA slams discounters
Friday | Sep 6 2019RURAL pharmacists believe discounters and high-volume-low-care pharmacies threaten the viability of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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Sigma restructuring pain
Friday | Sep 6 2019SIGMA Healthcare says its current business transformation program is "on track," after announcing a significant fall in profit as it adapts to a new environment without the My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse business (PD breaking news).
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Chemist Warehouse free scripts plan
Thursday | Sep 5 2019CHEMIST Warehouse's plans to bring its free prescription offer from New Zealand to Australia is being stymied by "another fake narrative" from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the group's Chief Operating Officer, Mario Tascone, claims.
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SafeScript’s award win
Thursday | Sep 5 2019SAFESCRIPT has won an Australian Information Industry Association award.
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Pharmacies sell contaminated CAMs
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019COMPLEMENTARY and alternative medicines (CAMs) tainted with over-the-counter (OTC) molecules, animal DNA and potential allergens including nuts, are being sold through some of Australia's largest pharmacy groups, a study reveals.
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AMA urged to “learn more about pharmacy”
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019AUSTRALIAN Medical Association (AMA) representatives are being urged to learn a little more about the skills pharmacists possess before dictating their scope of practice.
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Pharmacy Guild Health Care Home push
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has strongly encouraged pharmacies located close to participating Health Care Home (HCH) practices to meet with practice staff "to discuss how your pharmacy can support their HCH patients through the Community Pharmacy in Health Care Homes Trial Program" (PD 02 Jan).
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Meds not convenience commodities
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019CALLS to up-schedule paracetamol to Pharmacist-Only are being supported by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, in the wake of a study showing a 44.3% increase in hospitalisations between 2007/08 and 2016/17.
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Chemists’ Own ‘Help Us’
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019OVER-THE-COUNTER pharmacy brand, Chemists' Own, is working with 338 pharmacies across the country to raise funds for early learning centres in their communities.
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Community pharmacy attacks continue
Monday | Sep 2 2019COMMUNITY pharmacists are being accused of price gouging, with a fresh report from News Corp claiming dispensing fees "paid to chemists to stick a label on drugs" were significantly increasing the cost of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines.
