NPS shows drop in antibiotic requests
The percentage of consumers who report asking doctors for antibiotics dropped from 17% in 2014 to 13% in 2015, while programs across seven different therapeutic areas in the 2013-14 financial …
Australia’s Biggest Blood Pressure Check launches
Blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for having a stroke, and for the first time Priceline Pharmacy is partnering with the National Stroke Foundation to deliver Australia’s Biggest Blood …
Call for sugar tax as diabetes soars worldwide
The number of people living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults, with most living in developing countries. Factors driving this dramatic rise include overweight and …
Bundaberg’s Church Pharmacy damaged in fire
Bundaberg’s unique Church Pharmacy has been significantly damaged by fire. The pharmacy, housed in the iconic former Church of Christ building which was built following the Great Depression, suffered heat …
Chemmart pharmacist brings mum back to life
A sweltering hot day in March saw Carnegie Chemmart pharmacist Betty Crocker save a life. It was an ordinary, but busy day at the Carnegie Chemmart Pharmacy, where the 44-year-old …
World news wrapup: 7 April 2016
AJP looks at this week’s pharmacy news from around the world West Virginia, US: Recent data for the state of West Virginia show a 40% decrease in doctor shopping over …
Pharmacists, critic butt heads over readmissions
It started when the Pharmacy Guild tweeted its welcome to the focus on avoidable hospital readmissions in Friday’s COAG communique, which identified that too many patients are readmitted following complications …
Real-time system needed, but not ‘silver bullet’
A Victorian coroner has called for a real-time prescription monitoring system to reduce pharmaceutical drug related harms and deaths following the death of a 47-year-old man who doctor shopped extensively …
Pharmacy not getting credit it deserves: Quilty
Pharmacy is not getting the credit it deserves in creating savings through PBS reforms, Guild executive director David Quilty writes in this week’s edition of Forefront – and so it …
Pfizer and Allergan deal off
Pfizer and Allergan’s merger has been scuppered by new US legislation, news agency Reuters is reporting. Pfizer has decided to terminate the agreement to acquire Allergan, a $160 billion agreement …
Depression Practice Review available in express version
The latest Pharmacy Practice Review developed by NPS MedicineWise is available in an express version, which NPS says makes it a perfect choice for time-poor pharmacists to earn CPD credits. …
Medicinal cannabis moving too slow for patients
An advocacy group for medicinal cannabis users and supporters has launched in the ACT, lobbying Government to make the drug’s use legal for medicinal purposes in the Territory. The TGA …