Emergency use of drugs authorised for COVID-19
US to allow hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine from national stockpile to be distributed and used for certain hospitalised patients infected with COVID-19 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United …
Reports hand sanitiser sold for five times the normal price
First hand sanitiser ‘round table’ held in Australia looks at costs and availability, while TGA cuts legislative red tape on manufacturing to facilitate urgent and continued supply Last Friday, the …
Banned from practice until Nov 2021
A former pharmacist has been found guilty of professional misconduct over her running of an IV clinic in Sydney Former pharmacist Shadi Kazeme has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional …
Emergency supply extended in Victoria
Guild calls for national approach to continued dispensing as Victoria becomes the second state to extend emergency supply measures The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services has made an …
NSW pharmacies can now trade 24/7
State minister makes order that allows for retail premises such as supermarkets, pharmacies and corner stores to operate 24 hours per day This week the NSW Government introduced the COVID-19 …
‘Uber’ for pharmacy delivery services expedited
MedAdvisor has fast-tracked support for pharmacies to offer home delivery, allowing patients to order, pay and request transport of medicines, with a metro partner in the works Australian digital medication …
Poll: How has your workplace been affected?
Pharmacists are reportedly being “smashed” on the frontline serving patients during the COVID-19 crisis… let us know your experiences in this poll More than ever, pharmacists need to consider how …
New restrictions for hydroxychloroquine
The Department of Health has placed new restrictions on hydroxychloroquine initiation after a spate of ‘just in case’ overprescribing for COVID-19, and warned against use outside of current indications after …
‘The time is now to get rural right.’
Call for all parties to the 7CPA to give rural issues a priority While frontline pharmacists battle coronavirus panic, the Rural Pharmacy Network Australia is urging all parties to the …
‘If our world is changing, we need to change.’
We never thought we’d live to see the day that #ToiletPaperEmergency would be trending on social media, says Mark McCrindle… so how can pharmacists keep pace with an ever-changing world? …
Leading tech company highlights surge in meds orders
Orders are up more than 130% on the MedAdvisor platform, with the most-ordered OTC medications being Panadol, blood glucose strips and Ventolin MedAdvisor, the technology behind more than half of …
Call to halt hydroxychloroquine prescribing, dispensing for COVID-19
PSA strongly advises pharmacists to refuse dispensing of hydroxychloroquine outside of approved indications, and urges prescribers to stop writing prescriptions as a ‘just in case’ measure Following President Trump’s announcement …