The week in review
It’s still all about those elusive RATs this week, plus a host of news on diverse pharmacy issues Rapid antigen tests continue to be at the forefront of everyone’s minds… …
New kidney PI warning
The TGA has issued a new warning about the possibility of kidney damage related to clindamycin capsules and injections Health professionals should consider monitoring renal function for certain patients, says …
CWH claims it delivered lion’s share of RATs
Chemist Warehouse claims in the media to have given out about two-thirds of the concessional RATs distributed to date Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has told reporters that Chemist Warehouse …
World News wrapup: 3 February 2022
“There is no chance I will ever be going to that store again,” says woman who says she has still not been paid back nearly $4k by Chemist Warehouse Porirua, …
RAT program off to rocky start
Close to half of AJP readers are not participating in the concessional RAT program, our poll reveals Last week, the AJP asked whether readers’ pharmacies are taking part in the …
RAT prices: ACCC on the move
Complaints about pharmacies continue, but smaller stores are outstripping them on RAT price complaints, as the ACCC investigates reports Governments redirected the tests The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has …
Student interest in pharmacy waning, warns SHPA
Waiving HECS fees for regional, rural and remote pharmacy students and boosting accelerated graduate-entry pharmacy courses are among the ideas raised by SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia …
The week in review
Another week in which RATs were the key issue, with some recognition for outstanding pharmacists as well The TGA announced on Friday that it had provisionally approved Pfizer‘s COMIRNATY as …
Pharmacists to become ‘de facto’ GPs?
Patients could pay up to $55 for pharmacist consults in a “full scope” trial which has doctors up in arms The AMA has attacked a “confidential proposal to expand the …
Docs say UTI trial extension ‘a recipe for disaster’
GPs and urologists have slammed the extension of the UTI pharmacist prescribing pilot, warning of missed diagnoses and antibiotic resistance Earlier this month, the Pharmacy Guild, PSA and Queensland University …
Pharmacy course reinstated
Charles Darwin University has announced that to help manage the critical shortage of pharmacists in the Northern Territory, it is reinstating pharmacy training CDU’s Bachelor of Pharmacy course was first …
Pfizer boosters okayed for older kids
The TGA has provisionally approved the Pfizer jab as a booster shot for older children in a move the Guild describes as “logical” The Therapeutic Goods Administration said on Friday …