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‘I take so many pills, I rattle when I walk!’
It’s now a common line among patients and pharmacists, but hearing the phrase over and over again set one leading pharmacist on the path to researching deprescribing For Advanced Pharmacy …
Sigma to join ASX50 as Ramsay drops out
Stock market rebalancing sees wholesaler named among Australia’s top 50 biggest listed companies Sigma Healthcare will officially join the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 50 on Monday 24 March 2025 following …
Sodium valproate warning
Manufacturer adds new paternal exposure warnings to the Product Information and Consumer Medicine Information for Epilim Sanofi-Aventis is adding warnings to its Epilim (sodium valproate) anticonvulsant medication following the publication …
Sigma appoints new chief pharmacist
Discount Drug Store franchisee named as Sigma’s chief pharmacist Pharmacy owner, Lia Mahony, will represent pharmacists across Sigma Healthcare’s retail brands as the wholesaler’s chief pharmacist. Mahony, the Tamworth Discount …
Deprescribing a ‘win-win action’
The third annual MedsAware campaign kicks off today highlighting the benefits of deprescribing for people and the planet Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) in partnership with the Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) …
‘Women often have a different perspective than men and this is our strength’
Pharmacists and pharmacy leaders tackle issues including discrimination, cost-of-living pressures, parenthood and workplace flexibility for this International Women’s Day Today (8 March 2025) is International Women’s Day, and this year’s …
Emergency meds access ‘needs to be simplified’
Measures enabling pharmacists to provide emergency supplies of subsidised medicines under continued dispensing need to be revised, pharmacy bodies say Pharmacy organisations are calling for the restoration of Covid-19-era continued …
‘Pharmacy in motion’: Energy comes alive
Medicines Management 2025 (MM2025) is heading to Melbourne in November, with a theme aimed at capturing “magic and momentum” Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has unveiled the theme and look for …
Why DEI benefits everyone
Diversity, equity and inclusion strengthen health care, says AdPha as it launches its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) is embracing inclusion and accelerating action around the …
Independent backs expanded prac payments
Healthcare students get political support for campaign to extend the Commonwealth Prac Payment program to all undertaking mandatory placements Nurse and midwife-turned federal MP, Dr Helen Haines, is joining health …
Women’s health hit by cost-of-living crisis
Interest rates may have been cut – just a little – but the cost of living crisis continues to bite, and it’s hitting women’s ability to access medicines Community pharmacists …
The week in review
Pharmacists preparing for Cyclone Alfred, investment in jobs and flexibility and medicines shortages were among the issues that caught our readers’ attention in the past seven days Pharmacy owners were …