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Ex-Guild chief among pharmacists in Queen’s Birthday Honours
The Pharmacy Guild’s former national president, Kos Sclavos, was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in t…
Chemist Warehouse/My Chemist won’t cut penalty rates
The Chemist Warehouse and My Chemist group has announced it will honour all existing penalty-rate payments for current s…
‘True organics’ category among new DDS initiatives
A new health-food and organics category is set to move Discount Drug Stores towards its goal of becoming a “total …
Pharmacare appoints new CEO
Pharmacare General Manager Retail Sales John Donlan will take over as the health and beauty consumer-goods company’…
14 teams fight for business plan title
A total of 14 teams will compete in the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s 2017 National Student Business Plan Competit…
Budget’s positive message to community pharmacy
The federal budget sent a positive message to community pharmacy with a package of measures aimed at providing certainty…
Shadow health minister to outline Labor’s vision for pharmacy
Federal shadow health minister Catherine King, whose support for pharmacists has “delighted” the Pharmaceuti…
Medicare rebates for digital consultations
The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is calling for the federal Government to extend the Medicare rebates for …
International pharmacy expert headlines PSA17
The PSA17 annual conference will feature international pharmacist Dr Tim Hanlon delivering a keynote address that the Ph…
Big push for national real-time drug monitoring
The Pharmacy Guild has welcomed Health Minister Greg Hunt’s indication in the recent general media that the Govern…
Tax package will benefit community pharmacy
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it welcomes the passage of the Turnbull government’s Enterprise Tax Plan thro…
MedsASSIST shutdown held off for now
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia will hold off the shutdown of MedsASSIST following a high-level intervention in support …
Bayer awarded damages
Bayer has been awarded damages of more than $30 million in its claim against Generic Health for infringing the patent co…
No increased heart risk for OTC ibuprofen customers: ASMI
The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has said the recent Danish study findings associating the use of ibuprofe…
Lucy Walker Chemmart Goondiwindi wins Guild Pharmacy of the Year
Lucy Walker Chemmart Pharmacy, a rural community pharmacy at Goondiwindi in Queensland’s Darling Downs region, has…
Health Minister to speak at APP
Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt will open APP this year with a specially arranged keynote address on Thursday, Mar…
Sunday penalty rate reduced
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) supports this week’s decision by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to redu…
Pharmacists in the spotlight over CMs
It has been a tense time for those involved in complementary medicines, with pharmacists in the firing line. First, Choi…
Guild demands ABC retraction over ALP donation claims
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the suggestion by ABC News this week that the Guild paid a donation to the ALP to a…
National Student Business Plan Competition launched
The 11th National Student Business Plan Competition is now underway – testing the flair and entrepreneurship of st…
‘Women and the Guild’ program
As part of a national initiative from the Pharmacy Guild to improve the imbalance of women in the organisation’s l…
New Health Minister appointed
The federal Government has named Greg Hunt as the new Minister for Health, replacing Sussan Ley who resigned over an exp…
Families unaware of services in pharmacies
New research released shows that families still aren’t aware of the range of health services available via their local p…
Pharmacy of the Year finalists announced
The finalists in the annual Guild Pharmacy of the Year Awards have been announced. The awards are a highlight of the pha…
Sigma and Fred IT partnership driving pharmacy innovation
Sigma Pharmaceuticals announced Australia’s largest pharmacy IT partnership with the Fred IT Group to deliver Sigm…
Community pharmacy type 2 diabetes trial
The fight against type 2 diabetes is about to be boosted with a major trial of diabetes screening in community pharmacie…
Sigma celebrates excellence in 2016 Supplier of the Year Awards
The 2016 Sigma Supplier Gala Dinner and Awards were recently held in Melbourne, recognising and rewarding the critical r…
Medicinal cannabis scheme officially opens
Businesses can now apply for a licence to cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes, to manufacture medicinal cannabis p…
TerryWhite Chemmart is the new pharmacy brand after merger
All Terry White Chemists and Chemmart pharmacies within the groups’ merged network will migrate to operate under a…
Pharmacy trial program gets underway
Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley has confirmed the go-ahead for the Pharmacy Diabetes Screening Services trial set to …
