Pharmacists reminded to get their vax service ads right Pharmacies are being reminded that they may only advertise a ‘vaccination service’ to the public and not the actual vaccines themselves. …

New report prompts debate about the representation of women in pharmacy leadership The relative absence of women in leadership roles in pharmacy has again been raised as an issue after …

A review into the safety and efficacy of OTC codeine-containing medicines reports mixed findings The Australian review concluded that the drugs do provide significant pain relief but with little evidence of …

With visits from the Health Minister and the Remuneration and Regulation review panel chief, APP 2016 was always going to be huge. Here Pharmacy Guild of Australia executive director David …

Pharmacists ‘welcomed’ in unusual promotion Those who have ever attended an APP conference will know that Broadbeach in the vicinity of the conference center and Jupiters becomes a kind of …

Vitamin batch recalled due to possible incorrect tablet inclusion A single batch of Betamin 100 mg vitamin B1 tablets is being recalled by the TGA, in collaboration with manufacturer Sanofi. …

Community pharmacy owners commonly make a number of incorrect assumptions about employment legal requirements Speaking at APP2016, Tina Scrine, industrial relations manager of the Guild’s Queensland branch tried to ‘bust’ …

What twitter was saying about APP2016 The social media wires were running hot at APP 2016 – the biggest event of the pharmacy year. Here’s a selection of some of …

A MESSAGE LOST IN SPACE In December last year, PDL sent out a practice alert to its members warning them of one of the pitfalls in dispensing that was identified …

You must be compared to other retailers, review chief tells pharmacists The federal government’s ongoing review of pharmacy remuneration and regulation must consider community pharmacies as retail outlets, its chairman …

All bets are off for remuneration and regulation, review boss tells pharmacists Community pharmacy has to ask confronting questions about how it operates, what it sells, what it is willing …

“The days of handing out prescriptions like you’re flipping hamburgers are gone for ever” Carlo Berardi, chair, Canadian Pharmacists Association “How can you invest or commit to your pharmacy if …