Patients back scope expansion
State government urged to empower pharmacists to work to their full potential Patients in NSW want pharmacists and paramedics to provide a broader range of healthcare, research reveals. The results …
Another state launches pill resupply pilot
Pharmacists in Western Australia to resupply oral contraceptives as part of 12-month trial Western Australia is the latest jurisdiction to announce a pilot program enabling pharmacists to provide women with …
AI will ‘ease burden’ on pharmacists
Artificial intelligence platform to aid pharmacists in supporting patients Pharmacists are set to benefit from an artificial intelligence (AI) platform currently being developed by MedAdvisor, the company’s chief financial officer …
Pharmacy hit by shock flood
Dispensary shelves and an external wall collapsed in a shopping centre pharmacy after a water tank burst, flooding the premises A clean-up operation is underway at a pharmacy in Perth’s …
Let pharmacists say no to 60-day scripts: CAPS
Pharmacists need to be allowed to decline to dispense 60-day supplies of medications to address shortages, advocacy group says Australia’s medicines pricing model and the introduction of 60-day dispensing are …
‘We tried to tell them’
Data from a CBA report suggests patients are feeling the forecast impacts of 60-day dispensing, pharmacists claim Pharmacists are questioning why anyone would be surprised by the findings of the …
New sexual dysfunction warnings added to antidepressants’ PI
Health professionals are advised to consider current or previous antidepressant use in patients reporting sexual dysfunction Updated product information documents (PIs) for nine antidepressant medications will include warnings relating to …
Pharmacists join CEO Sleepout
Home comforts to be sacrificed to support homeless patients Pharmacists will be among more than 1452 business leaders who will be swapping their beds for cardboard boxes across the country …
TGA continues cannabis advertising clampdown
Regulator targets medicinal cannabis pharmacy over alleged unlawful advertising The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued nine infringement notices totalling $164,460 to Victorian pharmacy, Better Leaf Pty Ltd, over alleged unlawful …
Pharmacy spending on the rise
Price rises in pharmacy are outpacing other essentials, a new report shows Patients’ out-of-pocket spending in pharmacies is rising faster than in other primary healthcare settings, data from the Commonwealth …
Compounding ban ‘a significant public health concern’
Government urged to roll back its ban on compounding weight loss drugs Banning the compounding of glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) medications will limit patient access to the weight loss …
Government acts on compounding concerns
Compounding exemptions for diabetes medications, Ozempic and Mounjaro, will be removed from 1 October, minister reveals Compounding pharmacies will be barred from producing replicas of Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirazapetide) …