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Pharmacy Guild rebuked over scare campaign on medicine shortages
15 May 2023 - A long-time chair of the government’s independent pharmaceutical advisory body has rebuked the powerful pharmacy lobby ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2023
PBAC dismisses Pharmacy Guild concerns on 60 day dispensing
12 May 2023 - The chair of the PBAC has dismissed concerns that 60 day dispensing will cause medicine shortages, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2023
More medicine, for less
11 May 2023 - The Australian Government is making hundreds of medicines cheaper by allowing millions of Australians to buy two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2023
Pharmacy Guild unleashes robocalls, text messages and posters opposing PBS changes
9 May 2023 - Dozens of people have told the ABC they have received robocalls and text messages from the Pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2023
Medicines industry says measures are in place to mitigate supply ‘risk’
27 April 2023 - The peak body representing the medicines industry in Australia says it “understand the intent’ of moves ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2023
Prescription medicines changes place savings for patients ahead of profits for pharmacies
26 April 2023 - The upshot for consumers of the changes to pharmacies prescribing for around 300 common medicines is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2023
Labor’s PBS reforms ‘could lead to drug Hunger Games’, pharmacists warn
25 April 2023 - More than 80% of Australians are opposed to Anthony Albanese’s plan to double the medicines a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2023
Major PBS shake-up will allow Australians to purchase more medicine for less, saving buyers $1.6 billion
25 April 2023 - Millions of Australians will be able to buy 60 days' worth of medicine for the price of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2023
Pharmacists warn PBS changes risk medicines shortage
21 April 2023 - Pharmacists have warned that millions of Australians face extreme medicine shortages and months-long wait times under ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2023
AMA urges pharmacy reform to deliver lower medicine prices
20 April 2023 - The AMA says it’s high time recommendations from more than a dozen expert reports and inquiries over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
AMA urges immediate action to save patients on PBS medicines
9 March 2023 - The AMA has urged all members of the Federal Parliament to support the AMA’s campaign to bring ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2023
AMA calls for two months of medicines to be dispensed from a single script
12 February 2023 - The Federal Government must show leadership and implement the recommendations of the independent PBAC to increase the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2022
NSW pharmacists to prescribe the pill, antibiotics in health shake-up
13 November 2022 - Pharmacists will be able to prescribe a range of meds and repeat scripts under a NSW government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2022
Panicked patients as popular medications get wiped from pharmacy shelves
4 August 2022 - Widely used medications — including one used to treat ADHD — are missing from Australian shelves amid ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2022
Update to continued dispensing arrangements
30 June 2022 - From 1 July 2022, on-going continued dispensing arrangements have been expanded to include additional medicines groups to ...