Medicinal cannabis wholesaler fined over vapes
Queensland-based company agrees to pay close to $60,000 in infringement notices over alleged failure to comply with requests from the TGA The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued three infringement …
Recall for homeopathic cough and cold lozenges
Wire found in kids homeopathic lozenge prompts recall, TGA reveals Key Sun has announced the recall of four batches of kids cough and cold lozenges due to “the risk of …
Financial pressures limiting capacity of pay increases
Increasing business costs are limiting the scope for pharmacy owners to boost pay amongst permanent staff, annual salary report reveals Full-time community employee pharmacists are seeing modest growth in their wages in …
Pharmacies targeted by anti-vaxxers
PDL and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia issue guidance for pharmacists confronted by “disruptive, hostile and antagonistic behaviours” by anti-vaxxers Pharmacy owners are being urged to take steps to protect …
Tadalafil containing ‘honey’ a ‘serious risk to your health’: TGA
Australians are being warned by the TGA to steer clear of sexual enhancement products labelled as “honey” Patients are being advised to exercise “extreme caution” when buying medicines online, after …
Self-test kit delivers false negatives for STDs: TGA
Regulator suspends TouchBio Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea Test from the ARTG over reliability concerns Independent laboratory testing of the analytical performance of the self-test kit shows “signals suggesting false negative results… …
Legislation changes requirements for pharmacists
Pharmacists in NSW will no longer be required to record the sale of Schedule 3 pseudoephedrine or personally hand S3 medicines to patients, under new reforms Legislative and regulatory reforms …
Guild moves to address S100 concerns
Pharmacists are being reassured that they will be paid appropriately for Section 100 medicines impacted by the new wholesaler mark-up, despite discrepancies in pricing displayed on some dispensing software platforms …
PharmX renews NDSS deal
Pharmacy technology provider signs two-year extension to its NDSS agreement Pharmacists will continue to have access to National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) supplies through PharmX’s ordering platform, with the company …
Data breaches hit record high
Healthcare providers continue to be Australia’s top source of notifiable data breaches, new figures from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reveal Data breaches impacting the healthcare sector are …
Australia needs consistent approach to pharmacist prescribing: Guild
Policymakers urged to back pharmacist prescribers to improve access to medicine, as GP warn against “putting policy ahead of safety” GPs double down on pharmacist prescribing concerns, with new report …
Support lacking during shortages: patients
Medicine shortages impact almost half of patients, but fewer than one in four report being warned in advance, a new report reveals Systems are needed to better support patients impacted …