World news wrapup: 20 August 2026
Impaired Canadian pharmacist dispensed “staggering” amount of hydromorphine to one patient; NZ pharmacy fights subsidy decision; US pharmacist convicted on kickback scheme Portage la Prairie, Manitoba: CBC Canada has reported …
Change afoot for HMRs, RMMRs
The program rules for HMRs and RMMRs have been updated, the Pharmacy Program Administrator says The PPA and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has advised of several updates …
‘We see the real-world impact’
Pharmacists have called for a stronger national focus on helping Australians use medicines safely, effectively, and appropriately The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has supported the launch of the inaugural …
‘Surely there has to be a way to restore this service to the community’
Two pharmacists, a federal MP and a local community have worked together to bring back PBS services to a NSW store, resulting in a new Ministerial decision Navin Bakshi says …
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) …