Support for Guild low-dose codeine model
A majority of pharmacists support the Guild’s “prescription – except when” model for low-dose codeine, an AJP poll has found Following the TGA’s final decision to upschedule codeine-containing products which …
Flu on the rise
The severity of this year’s flu season can’t be written off as just an increase in reporting, an expert says According to Department of Health and Ageing statistics, there have …
Stakeholders reject Interim Report options
Members of the Medicines Partnership of Australia have banded together to raise concerns about the future stability of pharmacy The stakeholders, which include the Guild, PSA, ASMI, Generic and Biosimilar …
Guild, Gilead launch Hep C course
Guild Learning and Development is partnering with Gilead Sciences in an online course The course is titled Management of Hepatitis C and the role of pharmacy. Hepatitis C (HCV), a …
Improving medication histories in hospital
Pharmacists and colleagues at a Blacktown hospital in NSW have seen medication histories improve vastly by implementing a new system Changes at the Blacktown Hospital in western Sydney began after …
Poll: quotas for women in pharmacy leadership
Do you believe in quotas or targets for women in pharmacy leadership? The issue of women in pharmacy leadership has been gathering steam of late. At last year’s Pharmacy Guild …
Nurofen class action settled for $3.5m
Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a class action over its Nurofen range Bannister Law announced that it has reached an agreement with Reckitt Benckiser over …
TerryWhite Chemmart rebrand ahead of schedule
TerryWhite Chemmart has rolled out its first nationwide consumer campaign, ‘Alive and Well’ The campaign coincides with the roll-out of new store branding, with 65% of the network around the …
Female perspective at Pharmacy Connect
Pharmacists can join an all-female panel of Australian and international speakers at Pharmacy Connect The panel session will discuss the challenges, personal experiences and international lessons in managing change in …
The bacteria resisting last-resort antibiotics
A report on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Australia shows specific types of bacteria are a major emerging healthcare problem One bacteria type in particular is causing resistance to …
World news wrapup: 3 August 2017
New York pharmacist orders patient to strip; EC for a fiver in Liverpool; unlicensed man sells banned drugs at pharmacy Niagara Falls, New York: An 81-year-old pharmacist is facing second-degree …
‘Systematic market failure’ under King options
Without CSO or other appropriate funding, the community pharmacy model would fail, wholesalers have warned The Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Interim Report outlines three alternative options relating to …
