Pharmacy sector


Why aren’t we making better use of pharmacy?

Australia could learn a thing or two from South Africa and the US on how to better use our pharmacy resources, says health consultant Simon Burrow: in-house nurses make healthcare far more accessible to the wider community.

It’s a good time to be dispensing drugs

While wages for investment banking associates have dropped by 30-40% in America’s recession, some professions are on the up in the downturn. And at the top of the pile: pharmacy.

Are pharmacists our modern-day quacks?

Do pharmacists deserve to be taken seriously as health professionals when so many are little better than quacks? asks Loretta Marron.

Big retailers may finally get a slice of the pharmaceutical pie

A significant shift, with the potential to change the nature of retail pharmacy, may be quietly unfolding, writes retail commentator Rob Lake.