Posts tagged "pharmacies"

Behind the cacophony of noise from the pharmacy sector in recent days, the reality is the pandemic has been very good for chemists.

Pharmacists are receiving four calls a minute about rapid antigen tests and working "around the clock" to source them, the peak body says.

“We are not here to disrupt the sector. We are here to help strengthen it," wrote Woolies chief executive Brad Banducci in an open letter.

It’s the sort of race that could benefit consumers, with expectations that prices will fall and Priceline services will expand if a deal proceeds.

New modelling suggests pharmacies could dramatically improve Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout, bringing forward forecast targets by two months.

Retail conglomerate Wesfarmers has made a $687 million bid at buying up Priceline’s parent company Australian Pharmaceutical Industries – an offer which will net API’s shareholders a 21% premium.

The federal government will put forward a plan to save as much as $1 billion by tightening the eligibility rules for the age pension in next…

The Harper Review’s recommendations to within the next two years abolish the strict laws that govern pharmacy ownership and operations hav…

Community pharmacies will not survive if Coles and Woolworths enter the space There are moves afoot in NSW to give Lotto and lotteries to Co…

The company behind a 23-year-old pharmacy chain with 17 stores across Melbourne has collapsed. Pharmore Pharmacies went into voluntary admin…

Sunshine Coast entrepreneur Amanda Miller remembers helping her parents stick labels on Carmex tubs when she was a child. It was her first j…

Anthony Yap was just 23 when he decided to open his first pharmacy. Together with his wife, Yap spent $50,000 of his own money to open the f…