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Forum: Phenergan Elixir for under 6’s?
“My understanding is that a pharmacist cannot sell this product for use in children under 6 years of age – irrespective of the packaging. Is this correct? Many customers tell …
Guild hits back at Grattan Institute report
Analysis doesn’t acknowledge impact of PBS savings measures in recent years, they say The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has disagreed with new claims that Australia is continuing to pay too …
High LDL, lower mortality study flawed
Australians should not stop taking medicines to lower blood cholesterol, the Heart Foundation of Australia has reiterated following the publication of a paper suggesting that older people with high LDL …
Provide evidence: Harvey challenges CM industry
Dr Ken Harvey has issued a challenge to complementary medicines manufacturers to provide evidence to support their products. Articles in mainstream media including the Herald Sun and the Daily Mail …
Codeine recording not mandatory: Guild reminder
The Guild has issued a reminder to pharmacists in this week’s edition of Forefront that codeine recording is not mandatory While the Guild is encouraging pharmacies to use MedsASSIST, State …
Pharmacy compared to North Korea
Australia’s pharmacy sector has been compared to North Korea in an article which attacks both the sale of OTC codeine-containing preparations and regulations governing pharmacy. The article, Why can Aussies …
Forum: FDA advisory on loperamide
“Surely this would be grounds for having the medicine reclassified as pharmacist only? “Taking higher than recommended doses of the antidiarrheal loperamide can cause serious adverse cardiac events that can …
World news wrapup: 16 June 2016
Our weekly wrapup of pharmacy news from around the world Orlando, Florida: Stanley Almodovar III, 23 (pictured), and Amanda Alvear, 25, have been named as two of the victims of …
Antimicrobial prescribing still growing despite curbing efforts
New findings launched today show that Australia has higher antimicrobial use than England, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands – and the number of antimicrobials prescribed in Australia continues …
Antibiotic business model needs overhaul
Current model leads to antibiotic overconsumption and provides insufficient rewards to drive innovation, say top researchers Academics from the Boston University School of Law and London School of Economics, among …
Labor would start 7CPA negotiations early, improve RAAHS
A Shorten Labor Government would lead early and inclusive negotiations towards the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement, the ALP has written in a letter to the Pharmacy Guild expressing support for …
Can future zoonoses be predicted?
Researchers at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the University of Georgia have assembled summative world maps of what’s on record about mammal-to-human diseases. The majority of infectious diseases …