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API calls off pursuit of pharmacy rival Sigma
16 December 2019 - A proposed merger between the second and third largest players in Australia's pharmaceuticals market appears to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2019
Take home naloxone pilot to launch 1 December 2019
25 November 2019 - The Australian Government is investing $10 million in a take home naloxone pilot in New South ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2019
A majority of locals in NSW rural towns want rules changed to allow discount chemists
27 October 2019 - A new deal with chemists is set to force the price of medicines up even though a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2019
Pay pharmacists to improve our health, not just supply medicines
10 October 2019 - When you have a medicine dispensed at your local pharmacy under the PBS, two things happen. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2019
Doctors welcome ban on repeat antibiotics
10 October 2019 - Medicos have welcomed the federal government's seriously considering a ban of automatic repeat prescriptions of antibiotics. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2019
Patients face return trips to doctor under proposed ban on antibiotic repeat prescriptions
9 October 2019 - A ban on repeat prescriptions for antibiotics could be just weeks away, according to Australia's chief ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2019
Aussies to be denied repeat prescriptions for common antibiotics
8 October 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has welcomed a move that would abolish repeat prescriptions for a range of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2019
War on superbugs to end repeat scripts
7 October 2019 - Doctors will be prevented from prescribing repeat prescriptions of antibiotics after the committee that advises the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2019
A new deal protects Australians chemists at the expense of patients
22 September 2019 - Australia’s 3000 pharmacy owners have a government guaranteed monopoly that is pushing up medicine prices and the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2019
'Ridiculous' to force women to visit GP for a repeat pill prescription, pharmacists say
6 September 2019 - The Pharmacy Guild has urged Health Minister Greg Hunt to kick-start a process to allow women ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Pharmacy face off: Chemist Warehouse’s push to provide free prescription medicine
4 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy retailer, Chemist Warehouse, is offering to provide free prescription medicine, if restrictive rules ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Free prescriptions blocked by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
3 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy chain has offered to provide free prescription medicines if restrictive rules are changed. But ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2019
'We're not selling fruit and veg here': Why pharmacists, doctors and retailers are fighting over your medicines
30 August 2019 - They have been described as the most powerful lobby group in Australia, feared by politicians from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2019
Push for 24 hour convenience stores to sell prescription medicines
10 August 2019 - The peak body for convenience stores has backed calls to relax the strict rules governing pharmacies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
Pharmacists v doctors: fiery prescription debate rages in WA
9 July 2019 - A proposal to allow pharmacists to issue repeat prescriptions should be backed as consumers will save ...