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New polypill to tackle cardiovascular disease
Two Australian organisations will work together to develop a new four-in-one tablet, designed to reduce the impact of heart disease and stroke Bupa Australia and The George Institute for Global Health have …
New guide on consultation rooms for flu jabs
The Guild has created a new guide to help pharmacists understand the specific requirements for consultation rooms to administer flu vaccines in community pharmacies. The resource gives a general overview …
Media reports may see patients stop statins… again
A new UK study has supported Australian evidence that the media can influence whether people stop taking their medicines: and again, the medicines involved are statins. A period of controversy …
Forum: HMR rural loading claims a nightmare
… it takes at least three goes to make it go through …. after starting again after the third time you give up as $125 is really not worth how …
Four reasons codeine should be S4 – but Guild disagrees
A pain specialist and researcher says there’s no evidence of benefit from current codeine-containing OTC products – and that “we can’t have a drug of abuse available over the counter”. …
Folic acid and iodine in bread: a wide success
Mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid and iodine in Australia has seen health improvements across the population Since the introduction of mandatory fortification in 2009, mean folic acid intake …
How pharmacists manage under pressure: study
Pharmacists under pressure are deviating from standard procedures to give their patients tailored care, according to a new study – feeling forced to do so because of high workloads, rigid …
Labor leads in health policy scorecards
Consumer body finds Labor scores best, but is disappointed no party has taken up the call for a single PBS/MBS safety net This week the Consumers Health Forum (CHF) released …
Aiming for Canberra
Meet the pharmacists aiming for Federal Parliament next month A trio of pharmacists are currently aiming for election to Federal Parliament on 2 July. The pharmacists, representing a diversity of …
Reaching out to China
Guild signs top level MOU with Chinese pharmacy leaders The importance of the burgeoning Chinese market to the Australian complementary medicine and pharmaceutical markets has been ratified with the signing …
Revised PII standard from 1 July
The Pharmacy Board has issued a reminder that professional indemnity insurance standard has been revised, in its latest communique. In December 2015 the Board published a revised registration standard for …
Forum: Dispensing Robots
There is a terrific discussion underway at present on the AJP Discussion Forum about dispensing robots. It includes contributions from some of the robot vendors. Take a look here. Other current …