DEFICIENCIES in the record-keeping practices of pharmacists employed at a pharmacy business in relation to the dispensing and compounding of Schedule 4 and S8 drugs, have resulted in a pharmacy owner having his professional registration suspended for six months.
Kingswood Compounding Pharmacy owner, Samer Ashour, conceded that he had failed to fully comply with his obligations over a two-year period to Jul 2017.
A NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard that the pharmacy had been subject to an investigation by the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit (PRU) in 2017.
The investigation found that the pharmacy had been purchasing large quantities of somatropin and testosterone, and "pharmacists employed by the pharmacy had inappropriately dispensed and compounded several drugs".
The Pharmacy Council of NSW subsequently criticised Ashour for his oversight and management of the store, and imposed a number of conditions on his registration, including barring him from dispensing or compounding several medicines.
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