What is the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and why does it wield so much power?
- Written by Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia was founded in 1928 as an employers' organisation for the owners of community pharmacies.From shutterstock.comAcross Australia around 5,700 community pharmacies are responsible for dispensing the majority of prescriptions subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
These community pharmacies are...





