Crime crackdown welcomed
Increasing rates of retail crime and antisocial behaviour have been hitting the pharmacy sector hard, one stakeholder says Victoria’s Carroll government has announced that it is widening its Operation Pulse …
Flashback Friday: Mercury makes a comeback
In 1916, war was raging in Europe – and in the pharmacy sector, members of the profession were facing a shortage in syphilis treatment as well as a lack of …
‘Vast quantity’ of illicit steroids, image enhancing drugs and peptides seized
Two Victorian residents have been charged with additional offences following an Australian Border Force-led investigation into the alleged importation of performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs) into Australia The charges …
World news wrapup: 13 August 2026
Amazon aims to cut “friction” such as waiting at pharmacy counters for GLP-1 weight management medicines; Iran suffers high costs and medicine shortages; Fiji examines workforce problems Seattle, Washington: Amazon …
MM2026 program unveiled
AdPha has revealed the preliminary conference program, which will feature more than 30 invited speakers, 10 interactive workshops, 78 contributed papers and more than 350 posters There are now just …
Addiction ‘snowballed’ from self-medicating
A man has been jailed after he forged a series of prescriptions and used them to obtain opioids News Media reports that NSW man Ahmadullah Jahid has pleaded guilty in …
Coroner slams ‘horrific’ fatal medication errors
Medication misadministration in aged care facilities is an issue that needs “urgent reform,” says a coroner who investigated the deaths of three women Victorian coroner Ingrid Giles has highlighted the …
Docs claim ‘diagnostic harm’ risk
Domestic violence victims could be placed at risk and cancers could go undiagnosed if pharmacist prescribing is allowed to continue, claim GPs The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) …
Woman sets fires in pharmacy after Ritalin refusal
A woman has appeared in Moruya Local Court facing charges of assault and damaging property by fire, following an altercation in a pharmacy In July 2025, the Batemans Bay Post …
‘Pharmacists can make a measurable difference’
AdPha has released a newly updated practice standard for nephrology which it says aims to strengthen the role of pharmacists in improving outcomes for people living with kidney disease The …
‘Circumstances of desperation’ caused self-prescribing, doctor claims
A community pharmacist warned a doctor’s employer of his fraudulent use of a stolen prescription pad to self-prescribe benzodiazepines and other drugs The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard …
National interoperability baseline for digital health
The Australian Digital Health Agency has mandated new national interoperability standards for connections to My Health Record The move will strengthen clinical safety across Australia’s digital health system, the agency …