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1 week ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling |Bob Tran |Kay Dunkley |Michael Khoo
Pharmacists on the minimum wage are set to get a 14% pay bump after a Fair Work Commission probe found workers in several female-dominated professions and industries have been undervalued An expert panel has determined pharmacists covered by the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 will receive the total 14.1% pay increase over three years, beginning June 2025. This content is restricted to registered users only.
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1 week ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling |Bob Tran |Kay Dunkley |Michael Khoo
US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has said it may pull clinical trial funding from Australia if PBS wait times aren’t reduced The drug giant’s head of international operations said Ilya Yuffa told the Australian Financial Review he hasn’t seen much progress on pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) in his three-and-a-half-years in his role. Eli Lilly saidThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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1 week ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling
StrongRoom AI will keep the lights on this month after one of the pharmatech’s key investors struck a deal with administrators during the fire sale campaign The EVP Opportunities Fund has been in the Federal Court trying to claw back a $10.4m investment it made in the pharmacy software company, which fell into voluntaryThis content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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2 weeks ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling |Vincent Chua |Leopold Hamulczyk |Pj Foster
Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator and rumoured takeover target says it’s willing to hand back a Sydney hospital to the state Healthscope, which operates 38 private hospitals, has recently been preparing for sale after its lenders agreed to a pause in its interest payments after it amassed $1.6bn in debt. This week, the operator saidThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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2 weeks ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling
Pharmaceuticals were initially spared from sweeping US tariffs, but that’s set to change, striking panic in local markets US President Donald Trump said he would introduce “a major tariff on pharmaceuticals” during a speech at the National Republication Congressional Committee dinner, several news outlets are reporting. It follows last week’s announcement of a baseline 10This content is restricted to registered users only.
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2 weeks ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling
Hospital pharmacists in Queensland will be able to prescribe approved medicines alongside a medical or nurse practitioner, thanks to a statewide change to prescribing rules Queensland will become the first state to introduce Collaborative Pharmacist Medication Prescribing in all of its jurisdictions, in a move backed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and AdvancedThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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2 weeks ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling
Pharmatech rising star falls into administration, increasing flu numbers and renewed calls for domestic manufacturing were among the stories that had pharmacists talking this week StrongRoom AI, the pharmatech company which recently finished a $17m capital raise, was in the headlines this week after its owners had their assets frozen by the Federal Court. TheThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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3 weeks ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling
Pharmacists and doctors are now better equipped to detect drug dependency risks, a review found. Is the next step putting more money into support services for those affected? A recently-released review of SafeScript, a tool to help clinicians make better decisions around high risk drugs, linked the program to significant harm reduction. It found thereThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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3 weeks ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling
Software company MedAdvisor Solutions says it’s weighing up several proposals, as it continues its drive to unlock further shareholder value The Melbourne-based company recently reported its revenue had fallen by 24% in the first half of the year, compared to the corresponding periods the previous year. The drop was partly on the back of weakerThis content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
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3 weeks ago | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling |Bob Tran |John Smith |JOhn Smith |Anthony Zehetner
Pharmaceuticals were excluded from US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, but other companies supplying pharmacies took a rapid dip on the market after Thursday’s announcement Trump announced he would introduce a baseline 10% tariff across trading markets, including Australia. Medical glove company Ansell plunged more than 13% in the morning trade, with the US aThis content is restricted to registered users only.
