What are you earning?
New tax office data lifts the lid on occupational income differences, and on the gender gap in pharmacist pay A gender gap definitely exists in Australian pharmacist pay rates, if …
Stressed out
Why pharmacies need to adopt stress management policies? Increasing workloads and role complexity are raising the need for more pharmacies to adopt coherent stress management policies, academics believe. UK pharmacy …
Court convicts hold out
Former pharmacist convicted after non-registered dispensing A former pharmacist in Western Australia has been convicted of holding himself out as a registered pharmacist while not being registered under National Law, …
Tablets recalled
Child-safety cap issue leads to potassium tablet recall Aspen Pharmacare, in consultation with the TGA, has initiated a recall of Span-K (potassium chloride) 600 mg tablets. The recall has been …
Making the cut
What are likely to be the top 10 drug launches of 2017? 2016 was an “unusually slow year” for drug approvals, according to US industry website Fierce Pharma. However, analysts …
This sporting life
What role can pharmacy play in sports health and physical activity promotion? Chris Brooker investigates In most community pharmacies it’s one of the categories that regularly turns over without being …
Dog medicine leads to mixup
An unusual case from France has highlighted the importance of medicine reconciliation, say experts A 66-year-old man with cirrhosis and chronic alcoholism was accidentally prescribed his dog’s medication when admitted …
Opioid safety risk for kids
The majority of households with children are not safely storing opioid-containing medications, according to a US study A US-wide study of adults who have used prescription opioids and lived in …
The week in review
Counting the cost in the aftermath of recent natural disasters, and more action over the ongoing penalty rates cut saga dominated the week in pharmacy The penalty rates issue kept …