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The week in review
Pharmacist prescribing, speculation over the sale of top-performing stores from the Infinity Pharmacy Group, and Sigma’s growth plans caught the headlines this week “Guardrails” need to be implemented before pharmacists’ …
Moves to recall Andrographis products gathers pace
Swisse, API, Nova Pharmaceuticals and an exclusive Chemist Warehouse brand among the latest to recall products containing Andrographis The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced that six medicines sponsors have …
‘AI will take on the work that eats our days’
Artificial intelligence can work hand in hand with the human connections that pharmacists make, says AdPha president In opening the Medicines Management 2026 conference in Brisbane, Simpson told delegates that …
‘What would impact look like for you in your specific setting?’
Awarded AdPha’s highest accolade, one pharmacist reflects on the importance of bringing practitioners into health care education Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has announced Professor Kirstie Galbraith FANZCAP (Edu., Lead&Mgmt) as …
Vicious attack in Victoria
It is October 1956 and the pharmacy sector is facing accusations of profiteering at patients’ expense A virulent attack on chemists was sustained in ‘The Argus’ (Melbourne) for a period of …
Safer surgery in sight
An Australia-first Perioperative Medicines Guide is coming in early 2027, says AdPha A new Advanced Pharmacy Australia-Council of Australian Therapeutic Advisory Groups project has been announced on the eve of …
‘Care, commitment and professionalism’
TerryWhite Chemmart Compounding Ainslie is the Pharmacy Guild’s ACT Community Pharmacy of the Year TerryWhite Chemmart Compounding Ainslie is the 2027 ACT Community Pharmacy of the Year, the Pharmacy Guild …
AI needs patient-level data to be ‘clinically useful’: study
Artificial intelligence for identifying drug-drug interactions (DDIs) remains at an “early stage” of translational readiness, scoping review finds Artificial intelligence (AI) for identifying DDIs has achieved “substantial” methodological development, a …
Allowing clozapine access ‘closer to home’
PBAC recommends change to facilitate patients obtaining supply from a community pharmacy sooner after discharge, rather than having to attend a hospital pharmacy Community pharmacies may soon be facilitating clozapine …
Email compromise the top cyber threat: underwriter
More than half of all insurance claims relating to cyber incidents stem from business email compromise, a new report reveals Data from the Cyber Claims Data Report 2026 from Emergence …
Rural health commissioner gives partial blessing for prescribing
Proposals to enable pharmacists to prescribe S8 medicines are being rejected by the National Rural Health Commissioner The Pharmacy Board of Australia is being urged to drop plans to give …