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‘The best of our profession’ honoured
Australia’s most exceptional community pharmacy professionals have been recognised today at the national final of the National Pharmacy Awards Presented at the Pharmacy Guild’s flagship Australasian Pharmacy Professional Conference on …
New AI collab for prescribing pharmacists
Co-designed with MedAdvisor and backed by the Pharmacy Guild, a new partnership will see AI tools embedded directly into everyday prescribing workflows Melbourne-based technology company Heidi has announced a new …
World News Wrapup: 12 March 2026
Measles outbreak in London; Cuban pharmacy accused of dispensing expired HIV drugs; “food pharmacies” opening across the US London, England: Pharmacies will be used to signpost families to vaccinations amid …
‘They’re our future’
Karen Brown shares her “proud mum” moment on seeing her former intern become pharmacist manager of her newest store, and thoughts on owners supporting ECPs Award-winning pharmacist and managing partner …
‘We’ll be strongly advocating for things like removal of caps’
PSA’s new president flags changes to the profession, with priorities including the negotiation of the pharmacy programs agreement, the new Code of Ethics and the College transition AJP podcast host …
‘A revised Code for the profession, by the profession’
The PSA has opened public consultation on its draft revised Code of Ethics for Pharmacists, following an eight-month best-practice development process The Code of Ethics is the fundamental resource that …
Pharmacies to get updated accreditation program
There is to be a ‘major evolution for community pharmacy accreditation’ in 2026, with key changes to QCPP The accreditation program for community pharmacies in Australia will undergo its biggest …
‘We need better systems to identify patients at risk’
Rapidly reducing or abruptly stopping prescription opioids significantly increases the risk of mental health or substance use-related emergency presentations, new data shows The data, from Monash University, demonstrates the need …
Pharmacist-only vapes linked to ‘popcorn lung’
Testing of pharmacist-only nicotine vaping products reveals breaches of therapeutic standards “Legal vapes” sold through community pharmacies could be exposing users to dangerous chemicals, despite strict regulations, research funded by …
Pharmacist used illicit synthetic after benzo knock-back
A pharmacist sold buprenorphine strips to an undercover police officer, and illegally sourced clonazolam for himself, a tribunal has heard News Corp has reported on the case of a pharmacist …
EBOS to drop out of ASX200
Wholesaler and pharma companies are among those to see their market capitalisations fall, as ASX rebalances its indices Less than six months after making its return to the Australian Securities …
PSA seeks ‘targeted support of GP-based pharmacists’
Government urged to double funding under the Workforce Incentive Payment (WIP) program to support pharmacists working in general practice The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is calling on the federal …