Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure The EMPEROR-Reduced Trial compared empagliflozin (10 mg once daily) or …
Heavy metal: Ayurvedic warning
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has issued a public warning about heavy metals in Ayurvedic medicine, after it began investigating a practitioner’s claims about reversing autism The Commission has …
Access key in vaccination
FIP has called for change to advance the cause of vaccination around the world Governments and other stakeholders must take urgent action to ensure equity in access to disease prevention …
The week in review
This week saw pharmacists around the world celebrate World Pharmacists Day and be praised for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic Friday, 25 September was World Pharmacists Day, and members …
Rego based on lies
A pharmacist has been reprimanded and disqualified for three years after he made false declarations about his criminal, disciplinary and practice history The Pharmacy Board has issued a statement about …
Make it permanent: COVID continued dispensing
One stakeholder has called for continued dispensing arrangements to be made permanent, not just for the next six months On Thursday night, Health Minister Greg Hunt made a number of …
COVID-19 has offered us an unexpected opportunity to help more people quit smoking
Simone Pettigrew, George Institute for Global Health, looks at an unexpected opportunity Smokers are worried. A respiratory disease is running rampant across the globe and people with unhealthy lifestyle habits …
Happy World Pharmacists Day!
What’s happening around the country for World Pharmacists Day? We take a look at what the stakeholders and pharmacists on the ground are getting up to… Pharmacy Guild of Australia: …
Safe use of medicines investment
For World Pharmacists Day today, Australia’s pharmacists have received an investment in research into their medicines interventions and expertise, plus extended Home Medicines Delivery Service and Continued Dispensing emergency arrangements …
Nicotine vaping: ‘We are cautious.’
The TGA has made an interim decision to allow nicotine-containing solutions for vaping to be sold only through pharmacies This week the TGA announced an interim decision that, if made final, would …
World news wrapup: 24 September 2020
Woman accuses CVS manager of racism after shoplifting incident; Ontario pharmacy COVID testing plan slammed; Scottish docs thank pharmacists Washington DC: A woman has publicly slammed a CVS store manager …
‘A work in progress for the decade ahead’
FIP has launched goals to support the transformation of the pharmacy profession around the world The FIP Development Goals build on the 13 Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals for pharmacy education …