Out of public view
Medicines scheduling committee knocks back attempts to allow advertising for a number of Pharmacist Only medications The Therapeutic Goods Administration has rejected proposed amendments to current medicine schedules that would …
Bringing the schedule forward
More pharmacies to be ‘brought into play’ earlier than expected to provide AZ vaccine, General heading the Vax program predicts Australia is now a “path to bring pharmacies into play …
Pharmacy’s rising stars
We’re entering the closing stages for nominations to identify the Rising Stars of Pharmacy You have until Sunday 8 August to nominate entrants for our Rising Stars of Pharmacy campaign. …
Recall underway
Consumer concerns over difficulties contacting manufacturer after Philips initiates a recall of some of its CPAP and other devices The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued updated advice about the ongoing …
Keeping up with biosimilars
Pharmacy has a prominent role in the supply and provision of biosimilar medicines, and the profession has been slow to come to terms with this. Is the situation now changing? …
The top ten
What were our readers viewing over the previous month? Regulatory issues, errors and complaints about prices or work conditions lead the way in our list of the top ten stories …
Looking to the future
SHPA report recommends boosting collaborative prescribing and specialised roles, and strategies to combat the negative image of community pharmacy on careers The Society of Hospital Pharmacy’s new report – Pharmacy …
Pharmacy suffers from rabbit poison sale
July 1921: Did the Pharmacy Board approve a shopkeeper’s sales of cheap strychnine, harming pharmacists ‘in the public estimation’? The July 1921 edition of AJP included a report on “an …
Going electronic
New grant set to revolutionise medication management in aged care facilities for patients, pharmacists and prescribers Residential aged care facilities are set to receive funding that will allow them to …
“We’re bringing on pharmacists”
General flags a greater role for pharmacists in vax rollout and Minister announces health care PPE support package The head of Australia’s revamp COVID vaccination rollout taskforce, Lieutenant General John …
Communicating about COVID
TGA reveals how health professionals can, and cannot, communicate with patients about their COVID-19 vaccination services The Therapeutic Goods Administration has released guidance explaining how health professionals can lawfully provide …
Uncertainty over immunisation reporting
More work is needed to improve immunisation reporting practices by pharmacists, first-ever report concludes While four out of five vaccines administered by pharmacists are recorded in the Australian Immunisation Register …