Stressed out
New resource aims to help pharmacists confront stress in a profession with higher than average suicide rates A new resource has been launched by the Pharmacists’ Support Service as it …
The twitter files (part 2)
Here’s some more of our favourite tweets from APP2018 When will we stop worrying about who is doing the housework & child caring while women are in positions of #leadership!? …
The twitter files (part 1)
Here’s five twitter highlights from APP2018 From tokenism to leadership – how long to the first female @PharmGuildAus president? #APP2018 – will @CatherineBrong1 be the first? pic.twitter.com/fqnik70AHR — Debbie Rigby …
Regular services resume
Your AJP newsletter will return to its regular time from tomorrow So the biggest annual event in pharmacy—APP—is now over for another year. While we will continue to include a number …
Getting the message out
Relaxed medicine advertising guidelines are set to boost downscheduling applications, industry believes Recent reforms to advertising regulations for Schedule 3 medicines are a “big win” for consumers, pharmacy and industry, …
Medicine supply under threat
Guild backs NPSA and calls for PBS listing of medicines to be conditional on supply through CSO wholesalers Action is needed to protect Australia’s struggling medicine wholesale section, speakers at …
The honours board
Take a trip down memory lane by revisiting the winners of Pharmacy of the Year back to the turn of the millennium Pharmacy of the Year: The honours board 2000 …
Setting the agenda
AJP wants your help in identifying the 12 pharmacists who are driving the profession into the future One of the high points of the pharmacy calendar is the announcement of the …
Join us at APP2018!
AJP will be presenting all the news, views and events from APP2018 as they occur It’s almost time for APP2018 on the Gold Coast, being held next week (from 3-6 …
Advice from the coalface
New pharmacist advisory board formed to assist wholesaler in directing banner groups Sigma Healthcare has announced the creation of the Amcal Guardian National Council (AGNC), a representative body of working …
Crisis planning a disaster for pharmacy
Pharmacists need to be fully integrated into disaster planning, and remunerated for emergency care, experts say Australia is falling behind in incorporating pharmacy into disaster planning, experts say. A group …
Schedule change proposed for ED drug
New proposal put forward for Pharmacist-Only sildenafil category The TGA’s Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling is set to again review the possibility of creating an S3 category for sildenafil (Viagra). There …