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Vaping ad fines announced
Company fined for unlawful vaping advertisements The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued two infringement notices totalling $26,640 to NSW-based company Precision Pharmaceuticals for the alleged unlawful advertising of nicotine …
Antivirals on the agenda
Federal and state health ministers to discuss increasing awareness of anti-viral COVID treatments, Mark Butler says The federal health minister has again flagged the need for an information campaign to …
The week in review
A new community pharmacy white paper and code of conduct, plus the expansion of continued dispensing and extension of free flu vaccine programs all happened this week… White paper released …
Going ‘above and beyond’ for the pharmacy profession
Four leading Aussie pharmacists make FIP’s inaugural “rising stars” list Pharmacists Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin, Dr Sarira El-den, Dr Claire O’Reilly and Dr Irene Um have been recognised by the International …
Pharmacy trials again under fire
“An absurd and dangerous watering down of patient and primary care”: AMA returns the heat on prescribing and UTI trials, but Guild says it’s all lies Another war of words …
No longer just statins, OCPs
More medicines added to permanent continued dispensing arrangements as temporary emergency measure ends Ongoing continued dispensing arrangements have been expanded to include additional medicines groups to the statins and oral …
Flu vax extensions spreading
More states fall into line and extend free influenza vaccination programs amid concerns over slow uptake New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia have followed Victoria’s recent announcement and also …
Getting to know you
Angelo Pricolo gets the lowdown on Greg Turnbull, the Pharmacy Guild’s long-term former comms director Greg Turnbull, the former Pharmacy Guild national communications director (for 12 years) was born in …
A new era for naloxone
Free naloxone program kicks off, welcomed by pharmacists The national rollout of the Take Home Naloxone (THN) program, which allows pharmacists to provide free naloxone, kicks off from today (1 …
A suburban ‘doctor desert’
Report reveals the travel times to access doctors in the outer suburbs of Australia’s cities The average distance to the nearest doctor is more than 9km in some outer metropolitan …
Conflicts of interest must be resolved: Ahpra
New Code of conduct calls on pharmacists, owners not to allow any financial or commercial interest to adversely impact patients, while one organisation suggests checks and balances A newly revised …
World News Wrapup: 30 June 2022
Walgreens takes Boots off the market; the pharmaceutical impact of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade: Pharmacy to boost cheaper cannabis sales US: Pharmacy giant Walgreens has dropped …