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Vale Frank Ahern
Profession mourns the passing of a leading inspector and pharmacist Frank Raymond Ahern died on 15 December 2022 at the age of 93 years. Frank’s career in pharmacy began as …
COVID booster reignites pay parity calls
Discrepancies in the remuneration models for COVID-19 vaccines administered by different health professionals needs to be addressed, a pharmacy leader believes. With all Australians aged 18 years and older …
Avoid pregabalin during pregnancy: TGA
“Risk of major congenital malformations” prescribers warned as drug moved to pregnancy Category D The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has strengthened its warnings around epilepsy and pain drug pregabalin for …
Blaze guts town’s only pharmacy
An electrical fault in a power board is being blamed for igniting a blaze that has caused hundreds of thousands worth of damage to a rural pharmacy. Residents in the …
World news wrapup: 9 February 2023
Tainted drugs sold in Mexican pharmacies; calls to scrap NZ script copayment; Canadian college slaps chain with largest ever fine Mexico: The Los Angeles Times reports that pharmacies in northwestern …
‘Our members understand the impacts of paracetamol poisoning.’
Pharmacists working in hospital have a real understanding of the consequences of paracetamol poisoning, says the SHPA Last month (3 February), the Therapeutic Goods Administration announced its interim decision to …
Plan to end ‘simply unacceptable’ discrimination
PSA wants pharmacists to think about how they treat their LGBTQIA+ patients The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has launched its Equality Statement, calling for pharmacists to reflect on how they provide …
Annual COVID boosters likely for years to come: ATAGI
Australian adults will have the option to receive a fifth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine later this month, and it is unlikely to be the last they will be offered. …
Rural workforce woes continue
Efforts to strengthen the rural pharmacy workforce are being stymied by the immigration process, a NSW Senator claims. Plans to ease staff shortages in Australia’s regional and rural healthcare workforce …
Scope harmonisation required
State and territory governments are being urged to adopt a harmonised approach to the expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice. With several premiers voicing their support for pharmacists to …
Keeping to the schedule
Scheduling decisions for ibuprofen, S3 melatonin, S3 fexofenadine and S2 brimonidine announced Decisions around the scheduling of a range of medicines have been announced with the release of interim decisions …
What now for psychedelics?
Following the TGA’s decision to reschedule MDMA and psilocybin to S8 for certain specific conditions, what will change for pharmacists? The recent TGA decision means that the two psychedelic substances …