Do beta blockers add benefit to other meds?
Just under half of participants in a study of heart attack survivors stick to their medicines regimen, a new study has found The study, which involved Monash University’s Centre for …
September heatwave looms
Sydney and Brisbane are set for a “savage” heatwave this weekend, prompting calls for the public to be cautious President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, ACEM President Professor …
Anger ‘likely to grow’ as February approaches
Australians have expressed anger and confusion about codeine on NPS MedicineWise’ Facebook page The cascade of comments came after NPS posted alerting consumers to the upcoming codeine schedule change. NPS …
New SA Health Minister
The appointment of new South Australian Health Minister Peter Malinauskas has been welcomed by the PSA Mr Malinauskas has replaced former Health Minister Jack Snelling who resigned from the portfolio …
Pharmacy hosts ‘random acts of kindness’ day
A pharmacy in northern NSW has decided to “pay it forward” to customers by giving them gifts Customers at the Palms Pharmacy at Palms Central, Coffs Harbour may have been …
World news wrapup: 21 September 2017
Pharmacist faces life in jail over meningitis outbreak; pharmacy owner killed over 15¢; compounding trouble in LA Boston, Massachusetts: Pharmacist Glenn A Chin, the supervisory pharmacist from the compounding pharmacy …
The items thieves target in pharmacy
Tough economic times mean retailers are exposed to a greater likelihood of theft, warns the Australian Retailers Association chief Russell Zimmerman, executive director of the ARA, told the AJP today …
Now Canada’s considering a codeine change
Yet another country is considering upscheduling low-dose codeine products to prescription-only status Canada’s Department of Health is seeking feedback on its proposal to require all products containing codeine to be …
S3 esomeprazole to go S2
The Schedule 3 entry for proton-pump inhibitor esomeprazole is set to be deleted from 1 February 2018 The TGA delegate has made an interim decision to downschedule the PPI to Pharmacy …
Should all Australians get free flu vaccines?
Stakeholders are calling for the flu vaccination to be made available without cost to all Australians, including children Bastian Seidel, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners president, says in The …
APC announces Governing Council makeup
Four new directors are set to be appointed to the APC Governing Council One sitting director has also been reappointed, says Australian Pharmacy Council president Professor Debra Rowett. “A number …
Spyware rampant, emails could be compromised
Cyber criminals are becoming ever more sophisticated, and security experts say they’re alarmed Cisco has released its Midyear Cybersecurity Report for 2017, in which it warns that “our security experts …