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Guild hits out at LillyDirect
Onmlonlonl Plans to distribute Eli Lilly’s non-PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) listed medicines directly to patients is being criticised by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. Speaking on ABC Radio, Guild …
Oral Health Series: Oral health and chronic disease
Oral health should not be considered separately from general health, writes pharmacist and dentist Dr Alex Park in the first of this series on oral health For pharmacists managing chronic …
Docs, competition review member call for deregulation
Renewed calls for the abolition of the ownership and location rules have been linked to the cost of living crisis A new piece in the Australian Financial Review by economist …
Motion matters
Recent pharmacy inspections have uncovered a significant error in the way some pharmacy owners have tried to manage security The Victorian Pharmacy Authority has issued a warning from its inspectors …
Pharmacy Council of NSW cuts rego fees, as Board announces hike
Pharmacists from across the country will be hit with a registration fee of more than $500 when they renew their registration this year General and limited registration will now cost …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest research news Lipoprotein(a): Actionable today, treatable tomorrow? Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is an atherogenic, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-like particle whose concentrations, mostly genetically determined, are elevated in …
Defending the health of the nation
In this 140th year of the AJP, we reflect on the long and valuable history of Australia’s military pharmacists as reported in its pages When most people think of pharmacists …
The week in review
Protecting pharmacists from violence, LillyDirect backlash and barriers to scope expansion were among the topics our readers clicked on this week In the middle of the week, we brought you …
‘Deliberately dishonest’: Former pharmacist fined for falsifying records
The Queensland-based former pharmacist admitted to changing records eight times for ADHD medicines, tribunal papers show A former pharmacist has been fined $5000 and reprimanded for creating false clinical records …
Top 10 education articles of the CPD year
With the 2026 CPD year just over, we look back at the AJP’s most-read education articles of the last 12 months Articles focused on the management of skin conditions, pain …
‘Medicines aren’t optional’
Government assistant minister lauds cheaper medicines policy, as calls continue for general co-payment freeze Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) reforms, including cuts to the general co-payment and 60-day dispensing are delivering …
SSSI for diltiazem
Manufacturing issues have led to a major supplier discontinuing two brands of the hypertension medicine The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) says Sanofi-Aventis Australia will discontinue two brands of diltiazem 360 …