Monitoring about to get real
Real-time monitoring gets a budget boost Pharmacy groups have welcomed a Victorian government budget commitment to fund a real-time prescription monitoring program. The funding commitment of $30 million in this …
A question of ethics
Doctors say selling CAMs is a violation of medical ethics Most doctors believe it is unethical for pharmacists to sell complementary medicines without an established evidence based. A new poll …
Medicine time, or is it?
Consumer info on the right time to take medicines not up to scratch, experts say Information available to consumers and health professionals about the optimal time to take medications is …
Pharmacists want to run away
A majority of Australian pharmacists want to leave the profession, a poll suggests. Medicine stands to be a major beneficiary if pharmacists follow through with their threat to leave the …
Cuts a ‘matter of value’
Savage cuts to pharmacy funding defended by UK Prime Minister, who says money is better spent on GPs and nurses. The severe (6%) funding cuts that causing uproar among UK …
Pharmacy flashback
From the AJP archives: a warning on shonky Parramatta lime juice makers! In February 1898 the AJP editorial thundered that “the public has a right to demand that an article …
PDL update
PDL renewals are now due Well done to members who have already renewed. If you have not yet renewed you still have time. Your PDL membership including Professional Liabilities Insurance …
When social turns unsociable
Woolworths’ social media post called “creepy” The perils of unmonitored social media use by staff have been highlighted by a fiasco involving supermarket giant Woolworths. The company is beign accused …
Antibiotic emergency
Drug company greed causing antibiotic resistance plague, pharmacy editor claims. The pharmaceutical industry is playing a substantial role in driving the growth of antimicrobial resistance by a lack of funding …
Concern continues over Hep C drug costs
Efforts continue to find a resolution to Hep C payment standoff Government officials have met with pharmacy and industry officials as moves continue to find a solution to the problem …
From the archives
A trip down memory lane from the archives of the AJP: Australia’s oldest continuously published magazine From our archives, in September 1971 Guild national president Sir Eric Scott announces he …
Shutting down the market
China cracks down on infant formula imports The extremely profitable boom in selling infant formula to China appears to be ending as the Chinese government cracks down on foreign foods. …