The Guild is closely watching the progress of the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015 prior to the winter recess of Parliament, national executive director David Quilty writes in …

Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia today announced it has achieved Aon Hewitt Best Employer accreditation status for the third year running, delivering outstanding people practices and employee engagement levels. Bristol-Myers Squibb was …

Australia is producing too many pharmacy graduates, thus diminishing the profession, writes NAPSA past president Xavier Agostino… In 1997 there were six universities nationwide, each offering a pharmacy program. Since …

Improving the early assessment and management of patients with stroke is the focus of a new Clinical Care Standard, which was launched today at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital by Federal …

Planning ahead is essential but not common for many older Australians living with a mental illness, according to research by the national mental health charity SANE Australia.   “Many people …

University of Queensland researchers are hoping to examine parents’ fears about childhood vaccinations by conducting an Australia-wide survey. A team from UQ’s Parenting and Family Support Centre is asking parents to participate …

CSIRO scientists have developed a protective seashell-inspired capsule to preserve the active biological ingredients needed to create promising new drugs. Published in the journal Nature Communications, the development overcomes a …

This year’s National Student Business Plan Competition has attracted the highest number of entries in the competition’s history, says the Pharmacy Guild. The competition was opened up to all pharmacy …

Incontinence carries a stigma that makes it difficult for many sufferers to ask their pharmacist for help, writes 2010 PSA Pharmacist of the Year Karalyn Huxhagen. Preparing the pharmacy to …

Discount Drug Stores announced a range of exciting new services to offer more value and opportunity for its members at its first National Conference since being acquired by Central Healthcare …

The IMPROVE-IT study, the large cardiovascular-outcomes trial that showed a clinical benefit to adding ezetimibe to statin therapy in post–acute coronary syndrome patients, is now published.

PSA Queensland Branch President and community pharmacist owner from Yeppoon in Queensland, Bruce Elliot, has been appointed to the newly formed Primary Health Care Advisory Group which is part of …