Two suspected overdose cases in infants
TGA issues warning over topical prilocaine/lidocaine cream after receiving notifications for serious adverse events The TGA is reminding health professionals and parents to “use no more than the recommended amount” …
Professional services: UTI consults are a ‘step forward’ for pharmacy
Pharmacists and industry leaders reflect on how the urinary tract infection (UTI) consult service has been tracking since its remarkable nationwide expansion, and what it might mean for other professional …
New deprescribing guidelines officially launched
Pharmacists can now access new deprescribing guidelines for the top 100 most dispensed PBS medicines for older people A 72-member team of medicines experts and consumer representatives has developed new …
‘An accident waiting to happen’
Doctor suspended after mistakenly providing OxyNorm instead of children’s Panadol to six-day-old infant and criminally charged over S8 safety breaches A GP has been suspended for six months after a …
‘Pharmacy can be a force for good, well beyond the dispensary’
Independent Pharmacies Australia (IPA) donates $100k to children’s cancer charity on World Pharmacists Day IPA founder Steven Kastrinakis and CEO Tracy Alexakis presented a $100,000 donation to My Room Children’s …
‘Pharmacists are amazing, skilled, capable professionals’
Movers and shakers from across the pharmacy profession share their thoughts for World Pharmacists Day, speaking on expanded prescribing rights and more Happy World Pharmacists Day (25 September 2025) to …
‘Disconnect’ between PBS listings, guidelines
PBAC and experts debate PBS restrictions following its rejection for listing of new therapy The PBAC and other experts have investigated “several disconnections” in currently available medicines for pulmonary arterial …
Community pharmacies ‘excellent’ for hep C meds access
Pharmacists can encourage patients to finish full course of treatment for direct-acting antivirals, say researchers on publishing PBS analysis Community pharmacists have an important role to play in supporting people …
Symptom tracking for on-site pharmacists
An adapted tool could help pharmacists “proactively” monitor medication-related symptoms in older people over time, UniSA researchers have discovered UniSA pharmacist researchers have adapted and tested a tool for assessing …
Renewed PBS bid for Wegovy
PBAC to consider semaglutide listing for new indication of established CVD with obesity The PBAC will soon consider whether Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide 2.4mg) should be subsidised for Australians with …
Community pharmacists ‘need to have a different conversation with patients’
Health Minister launches updated Australian Asthma Handbook, while leading pharmacist highlights risks linked to SABA overuse The Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler has today (16 September 2025) launched …
Watch out for mg/mL errors, says PDL
Consider the risks when dispensing liquid medicine for children, warns professional officer, after one received five times dose of prednisolone Pharmacists should be vigilant when checking children’s prescriptions, particularly those …