A history of pharmacy—from apothecaries to Australia’s protected industry

21/11/2021 29 min
A history of pharmacy—from apothecaries to Australia’s protected industry

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Pharmacists stopped making their own medicines and began selling ready-made drugs almost a century ago. In Australia, it led to an unusual arrangement that has put chemists at odds with doctors and supermarkets.