Medicines information should be part of national policies
Strategies for medicines information should be included in national medicines policies, say the authors of a new FIP publication The authors of Medicines information: Strategic development say this is the …
New PSA17 website launches
PSA has launched a new website for PSA17, which will feature more than 50 presenters including international speakers The theme of the conference will be Leading Pharmacy Innovation. PSA has …
New ovarian cancer drug listed
A new drug therapy for women with advanced ovarian cancer has been listed on the PBS as of today – which is also the first day of Ovarian Cancer Awareness …
National Student Business Plan Competition launches
The eleventh National Student Business Plan Competition is now underway – testing the flair and entrepreneurship of students preparing for a career in community pharmacy The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s …
Personalised info drives more people to quit
Smokers who receive personalised information about their health risks may be more likely to quit, British research suggests Researchers from the University College London have conducted a randomised controlled trial …
Loan breaches soar thanks to price disclosure
Price disclosure has resulted in an “alarming” increase in loan breaches, says financial services provider Mark Churchill, managing director of Allfin Financial Services, says that continued tough times in pharmacy …
NAPSA Congress inspires
The enthusiasm of pharmacy students attending the 2017 NAPSA Congress indicates the profession’s future will be in safe hands, says the association’s president President of the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ …
Meet the finalists: Waikerie Pharmacy
Waikerie Pharmacy is one of the finalists in the Pharmacy of the Year 2017 competition The recognition that the pharmacy environment is changing and that business practices have to adapt …
Consumers warned: be wary of death clocks
Online “death clocks” that claim to be able to tell you how long you’ve got vary widely in their estimates of personal doomsdays… and their predictions should be taken with …
The week in review
We take a look back at the last week in Australian pharmacy Australia Day (or Invasion Day) week in community pharmacy didn’t start well, as the latest round of PBS …
Poll: Will you keep using MedsASSIST?
Will you keep using MedsASSIST now that codeine is to go S4? Just before Christmas last year, the TGA finally made its long-awaited pronouncement on the future of codeine-containing OTCs. …
World news wrapup: 26 January 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world US: A new report from LinkedIn ranks pharmacy as the second-most promising job of 2017. The report, released for …