Australia

Australia has new paracetamol restrictions which see significant changes to how many paracetamol tablets or capsules are sold, and from where, at any one time

Sigma Healthcare today announced on the Australian Stock Exchange that Australia’s federal court has approved its merger with Chemist Warehouse

CHEMIST WAREHOUSE and Sigma Healthcare have been given the green light for their multimillion-dollar merger across the Tasman. 

Just as Otago and Auckland universities are looking to replace their Bachelor of Pharmacy degrees with master’s programmes, and Waikato University is about to open the country’s first postgraduate programme so, too, are changes in Australian pharmacy academia afoot. 

Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare have been given the green light for their multimillion-dollar merger across the Tasman

Opposition is growing to the proposed merger of Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare across the Tasman

Australia wants to lure more specialist GPs from New Zealand, with a loosening of registration rules by the country’s health ministers 

Pharmacist numbers are being eroded by many factors, including funding, costs associated with practising, overwork and better remuneration overseas. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Pharmacist numbers are being eroded by many factors, including funding, costs associated with practising, overwork and better remuneration overseas. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

The Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy has welcomed its 1000th member