In Depth
Women’s midlife health: more than menopause
Menopause may be a common reason for women to seek advice, but it shouldn’t be the only conversation. Midlife offers a valuable opportunity to assess future health risks, encourage prevention …
Mind the gap: Pharmacy’s role in heart health
Most first heart attacks are preventable, yet too many Australians remain unaware of the risk until it’s too late. From opportunistic screening to post-discharge support, where can pharmacists make the …
Tackling wellness: Medicine 3.0
Pharmacists are well positioned to support the evolution in preserving health through preventive care, evidence-based complementary medicine advice, lifestyle counselling and personalised approaches to medicine optimisation KEY POINTS The Medicine …
The spectre of supermarket pharmacy resurfaces
An Australian think tank has released a proposal that the Community Pharmacy Agreements be abolished, along with the ownership and location rules On 13 July 2026, the Grattan Institute published …
Consolidated standards, clearer expectations
What the new Pharmacy Board guidelines mean for your practice, by Stephanie McGrath, principal at Twenty20 Legal In April 2026, the Pharmacy Board of Australia released its consolidated Guidelines on …
AI: the future is here
Once the domain of sci-fi movies, artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of our lives, and pharmacists are finding uses for the new technology to support their work Over the …
Hospital pharmacy: from the basement to the frontline
The hospital pharmacy sector has undergone sweeping changes over its time in Australia—and it’s always seen itself as a champion of change, writes Megan Haggan Ron Batagol, a veteran spokesman …
Why is my moisturiser mostly water?
Aqua at the top of the ingredient list can make moisturisers look like expensive water. But for pharmacists, that first ingredient is the start of a better conversation about skin …
The Grattan report—the stroke of the pen?
Pharmacy profitability and viability is heavily dependent upon government policy. Implementing any of the changes proposed by the recent Grattan report could spell disaster for many businesses On 15 August …
Flashback Friday: Are pharmacists being scapegoated?
It’s August 1956, and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy is focusing on the economy: and it’s not looking good for pharmacists “The price of medicines everywhere is high,” we noted. …
Pharmacy for party drugs?
Pharmacy is the accepted home of medicines and drugs. But add the word ‘party’ to ‘drug’ and see the room divide The idea of housing drugs that young people purchase …
What podiatry tells us about Australia’s prescribing rules
Do limits on scope result in fragmented care? Lachlan Aquilina and Alex Park take a look Australia is increasingly encouraging health professionals to work to their full scope of practice. …