A peak pharmacy body has shelved its campaign against 60-day medicine dispensing and agreed to talks to iron out an agreement that will not jeopardise the viability of local pharmacies.
Sixty-day dispensing may sound good, but dig a little deeper and it’s rural and regional Australia that will pay, writes Trent Twomey of the Pharmacy Guild.
Doctors resisting calls for COVID-19 antiviral treatments to be sold over the counter have accused pharmacists of creating a false narrative for commercial reasons.
Last week, the world’s largest tobacco company was called out by one of Australia’s leading medical organisations for offering incentives to pharmacies that would sell their vaping products.
