Medicines warning as mercury soars
A reminder has been issued about heat-related medicines risks, as parts of the country get set to sizzle over the long weekend Community pharmacists may receive heat-related medicines queries this …
Telehealth tied to lower antibiotic prescribing
Do doctors feel more pressure to prescribe antibiotics in face-to-face settings? Australian researchers investigated GPs who frequently used telehealth wrote fewer antibiotic scripts than their professional peers, an Australian study …
Baby formula recalled
Two formulas sold in pharmacies have been recalled due to fears of contamination Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has issued a country-wide recall for two baby formula products due to …
Flashback Friday: Vet or pharmacist?
It’s May 1955 and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy reports on the strange case of a chemist moonlighting as a veterinary surgeon at his pharmacy – then denying it The …
TWC’s full scope targets
The pharmacy chain says it holds more than a third of market share in pharmacist prescribing, with ambitions to quickly grow its footprint TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC) has detailed its pharmacist …
Pharmacy safe stolen in break-and-enter: Police
A regional pharmacy was broken into in the early hours of Wednesday morning, leading to a chase, police allege NSW Police are looking for two men who allegedly broke into …
Measles alert for pharmacies, hospitals
Staff and customers are being urged to watch for symptoms for 18 days Sydney pharmacies and hospital in the city’s west have been put on alert after a person infectious …
Pharmacy non-script vapes creep towards 100k
A report published under Freedom of Information shows the number of therapeutic vapes supplied in the past year – and how many ‘unique consulting locations’ offered them More than 90,000 …
Pharmacy continues to drive health spending
Purchases at the pharmacy lifted an otherwise flat month for health consumption, insights shows Pharmacy was again one of the top health spending categories at the end of last year, …
‘It’s like Viagra’
GLP-1 Wegovy gets set for PBS listing, as other weight loss drug giants accelerate efforts in the multi-billion dollar market Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) Wegovy is slated to be listed on …
Emergency measures as fires continue
Dispensing orders are in place, as bushfires and power outages persist in Victoria and parts of NSW Victoria’s community pharmacists have been reminded a public health emergency order is in …
‘Very busy and distracted’: S8 drugs kept in unlocked locker
A Queensland-based hospital pharmacist has been reprimanded after dozens of controlled drugs were reportedly kept in her unsecured locker The pharmacist, who was working at Epic Pharmacy at St Andrew’s …