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I don't think they care how many years you've done before your degree, they are more interested in the degree you have.

How I see it is that since the Canadian degree requires one year of post secondary, the US sees this as a degree with greater difficulty than one that you can enter straight from high school, since this prerequisite year we had to take were full of specific courses that laid the foundation for the science background that would be applicable to a pharmacy degree.

I can see how in your case, you would think that your 1.5 yrs before would count as something, however, you are completing a degree that didn't require those extra years of school. SO in the eyes of the US you are taking a degree that you could have taken straight out of high school and therefore lesser difficulty and only counts as a 4 year degree. (IN THE EYES OF THE US, i'm not saying that it is more or less difficult, it is probably the same as ours... it's just how they see it)

In regards to getting licensed in Canada and then going over to the US. I believe the US will still look at the degree that you received (the australian one). I don't think that just because you are licensed in Canada means you can get licensed in the states, because Canadian standards for overseas licensing is quite different for the US requirements.

I hope that helped. Just curious as to why you want to practice in states? Im not exactly sure how much the pharmacist salary in Australia are. Even though you may be getting paid more, I don't think that would offset the dismal quality of life in the US, which is not the greatest and I've heard of American pharmacists threatened with a gun, at knifepoint and other horrendous stories.