News
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TWC rebrand rolling out
Tuesday | Feb 21 2017ALL pharmacies within the combined Terry White and Chemmart networks will be trading under the TerryWhite Chemmart brand by the end of 2017, according to an update issued yesterday by the company.
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Weekly Comment 20 Feb 17: Recommend the right probiotics
Monday | Feb 20 2017This week’s contributor is Li Yan, Research & Development Scientist, Digestive Health - Procter & Gamble.
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Dispensary Corner 20 Feb 17
Monday | Feb 20 2017A US man has gained online notoriety after spending two days standing under a precariously poised 'Pharmacy' sign at his local Walmart, in the hope it would fall and hit him on the head.
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WA PSA winners are grinners!
Monday | Feb 20 2017THIS group of Western Australian pharmacists was honoured earlier this month at the WA Excellence Awards, hosted by the PSA.
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New Numit from Ego
Monday | Feb 20 2017EGO Pharmaceuticals has launched a new combination topical anaesthetic which includes lidocaine and prilocaine.
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Botox script update
Monday | Feb 20 2017THE Health Department has released new guidelines for botulinum toxin, allowing prescribers to write two scripts for the medication on the same day where a patient requires treatment for two different conditions.
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$93m workforce push
Monday | Feb 20 2017FEDERAL assistant minister for health David Gillespie yesterday announced $93 million in funding for a new national Rural Workforce Agency Program, with a targeted grants round in the coming months.
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Sigma bad pharmacy debt
Monday | Feb 20 2017SIGMA Pharmaceuticals has made provision for a doubtful debt of around $8 million relating to a single pharmacy group (PD breaking news Fri), with the impact affecting the company's full year results to 31 Dec which will be released in a month's time.
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Chemist Warehouse IT deal
Monday | Feb 20 2017CHEMIST Warehouse has signed an agreement with Medscope which will see the company's pharmCare professional services software platform roll out right across the national Chemist Warehouse network.
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PD breaking news – Sigma warns of multi-million dollar pharmacy write-off
Friday | Feb 17 2017Provision for “doubtful debt relating to a single pharmacy group”.