Opioid misuse: ‘Endone has become the new Panadol.’
In hospitals Endone has become the new Panadol and Australia is going down the same path as the United States when it comes to opioids, say doctors. The doctors were …
UK campaign hits a million as Guild lends support
The UK’s Support Your Local Pharmacy campaign, lobbying against cuts to pharmacy services, may become the biggest petition circulating in the UK, reports the Guardian. The campaign has just notched …
Evergreening delays access: GBMA
Evergreening strategies delay market entry for generic medicines to the detriment of the Australian community and there is a lack of evidence to support extending market exclusivity for pharmaceuticals, according …
Nearly half of UK pharmacists want MURs scrapped
UK pharmacists are demanding a change in the culture around provision of Medicines Use Reviews, Chemist + Druggist reports. C+D polled its readers about MURs following controversy over allegations Boots …
Pressure rising for overworked pharmacists
Pharmacists are experiencing a disturbing increase in their workloads which may impact on their ability to provide medicines and advice safely. So says the union for employee pharmacists, which has …
Meds access a barrier to reducing heart attack, stroke
Around one in five Australians aged 45 to 74 are at high risk of heart attack or stroke within the next five years but almost one million of them are …
Vaping could be lesser of two evils
Electronic cigarettes have the potential to contribute to reducing death and disability caused by Britain’s biggest killer, say experts in The BMJ. Reviewing a new report by the Royal College …
Trivalent flu vaccine may fall by the wayside
The trivalent flu vaccine may fall by the wayside as consumers take up the new quadrivalent vaccine, say two key players in the push to bring pharmacist vaccination to Australia. …
Harpreet Kaur Singh receives PSA Pharmacy Gold Medal Award
RMIT University pharmacy student Harpreet Kaur Singh has been honoured with a Gold Medal supported by the PSA. RMIT pharmacy student Harpreet Kaur Singh received the 2016 PSA Pharmacy Gold …
Transforming vaccination: ‘I really feel like I’m doing the things I trained to do.’
Pharmacists are already making a big difference in how Australians get their flu vaccines, in a “game changer” for the profession that is transforming patient relationships and making pharmacists stand …
New migrants succumb to fast food culture
New migrants to Australia generally eat more healthy diets than the locals but many are dragged into bad habits by Australia’s fast food culture, new research has found. The study …
Amcal chalks up two years as best service winner
Amcal has been voted by the Australian public as the winner of the Readers Digest Quality Service Award for the second year running. The public voted Amcal as the leading …