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New procedure for product alerts
Department rolls out new process for sponsors conducting market actions for therapeutic goods The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has implemented its new Procedure for Recalls, Product Alerts and Product Corrections …
Sustaining changes: making deprescribing stick
Sustainability in deprescribing is about more than the environment – it’s about whether changes made to a medicines regimen can be maintained, one expert says For Advanced Pharmacy Australia’s MedsAware …
‘A future made in Australia must include medicines’
Leading pharmacists are among those advocating for better access to palliative care medicines, including abolishing co-payments and incentivising domestic manufacturing Palliative Care Australia has welcomed the recent announcement regarding the …
‘It’s a matter of when, not if’
Ahead of the upcoming federal election, stakeholder groups are again calling for an investment in pandemic readiness, including an enhanced CDC The interim Centre for Disease Control must be transformed …
TGA strengthens warnings for broad-spectrum antibiotics
More prominent warnings added to Product Information (PI) and Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) for all oral and injectable fluoroquinolones Updated warnings regarding rare side effects are being added to PI …
‘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 …