‘Now is the right time for new leadership’
New president named to lead the PSA in 2026, as Sim steps down Canberra-based Professor Mark Naunton will take the reins as national president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia …
Sir John solves Guild problem
It’s 1975 and Australia is in the middle of a constitutional crisis, but Sir John Kerr’s controversial move may solve an issue for the Guild “The argument between the federal government and …
Sigma completes My Chemist rebrand
Final My Chemist store converts to Amcal+, as Sigma aims to strengthen the franchise’s position in the pharmacy sector The shutters have come down on the last My Chemist branded …
‘We need everyone back on the team’: Verrocchi
Chemist Warehouse chief summons newly minted millionaires back to work, as 100-year plan to become the world’s number one pharmacy franchise accelerates “You’ve bought your toys, your houses, went on your holidays, did what …
‘Common-sense reforms’ remove barriers to meds access
Legislative reforms pave the way for improved access to medicines for Tasmanian patients and visitors to the Apple Isle Tasmanian pharmacists will be able to dispense prescriptions for controlled drugs, …
Award win for NAPSA’s Indigenous chair
Pharmacy student takes home Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) honour James Cook University’s Shi-Anne Wallace has been named the 2025 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Allied Health Student of the Year. Currently a fourth-year pharmacy student, Wallace, a …
Sandoz drops JustMeds denosumab program promotion
Grassroots response pushes biosimilar manufacturer to rethink its medicine delivery service Sandoz has ceased promotion of a program aimed at boosting uptake of biosimilars after community pharmacists raised concerns about …
Vic scope program gets rebrand
Victoria’s Community Pharmacist Program is being renamed as Chemist Care Now, Monash commences enrolments for its pharmacist prescribing course State Minister for Health, Mary-Anne Thomas officially announced the launch of Monash University’s Graduate Certificate …
Mounjaro contraception advice updated
Product information to recommend patients taking Mounjaro switch to non-oral contraceptives for four weeks after each dose An investigation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) into the potential for reduced effectiveness of oral contraceptives during initiation …
TGA updates product warning for GLP-1s
Product warnings across GLP-1 RA class of medications aligned on the potential risk of suicidal ideation Health professionals are being urged to monitor patients using glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications for the emergence or …
SSSI issued for nicorandil tablets
Forecast intermittent shortages of nicorandil prompt regulator to announce SSSI Pharmacists are being authorised to substitute brand and strength of nicorandil products without patients needing a new prescription under a Serious Scarcity Substitution …
Brandy for the sick
It’s November 1945, and calls are being made for pharmacists to have access to emergency supplies of brandy. A letter from the Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator RV Keane responding to a …