Getting things back on track
APP2021 will tell delegates how pharmacy can survive and thrive in the post-COVID era; plus a virtual National Medicines Symposium will be held this month With the coronavirus pandemic resulting …
Updating the label
Pharmacists will be attaching new labels, with updated advice, to antibiotic packaging from early next year An article in the latest edition of Australian Prescriber is reminding pharmacists of changes …
New tool for asthma management
Cricket great and pharmacy leader join to welcome the launch of a new pharmacy-based asthma management product Former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke was in Sydney this week to launch …
Heading the charts
What are the ten most commonly dispensed, and the ten most expensive drugs on the PBS at the moment? A drug used to treat eye conditions such as macular degeneration …
Festival pill tests backed by public
Almost two-thirds of Australians support pill testing at music festivals, according to new research that also reveals how opinions are highly polarised across the political spectrum. Data from the 2019 …
Division over scheduling decisions
Schedule changes confirmed for a number of commonly dispensed medicines, despite pharmacy opposition to some proposals The TGA has confirmed previous interim decisions to amend (or not amend) the current …
Getting rid of the barriers
What are the barriers currently preventing community pharmacists from playing a more active role in antimicrobial stewardship? New research may provide the answers Australian community pharmacists are aware of antimicrobial …
Mixed findings on Metformin contamination
Reassuring messages from TGA after investigation reveals some contaminated Metformin batches The risk to patients who have taken metformin that is potentially lightly contaminated with a potentially carcinogenic nitrosamine has …
Winning the vote
Pharmacists choice awards winners revealed at 2020 Diamond Awards Pharmacy’s preferred consumer healthcare product manufacturers have been revealed, with Arrotex, Ego and Sanofi-Aventis among those honoured. The awards were part …
The numbers are in
How many pharmacists are currently registered? How many signed up for the pandemic response register? Here’s the latest data The Pharmacy Board of Australia has released its latest quarterly data …
Is pharmacy ‘metrocentrically maldistributed’?
Pharmacy and other health professions have a ‘metrocentric maldistribution’, Parliament is told as MPs debate health inequities There were mixed messages from parliamentarian health professionals this week as the House …
COVID 19: is there a silver lining?
We all know about the challenges that 2020 has brought, but have this year’s events had a silver lining for pharmacy? Leading UK pharmacy academic Christine Bond thinks there have …