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TGA continues clampdown on nicotine vape advertising
Regulator issues fines totalling more than $150,000 to a company and its director over alleged unlawful advertising of nicotine vapes The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has fined Kilpatrick & Douglas …
Pharmacists evaluate the GEDI way
Emergency departments may be “chaotic environments,” but they also provide an opportunity for pharmacists to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients New data published in the Journal of Pharmacy …
No more nicotine advertising
Government repeals legislation authorising pharmacies to advertise the availability of prescription nicotine Community pharmacies are no longer allowed to promote prescription nicotine products, following the repeal of the Therapeutic Goods …
Hospital walkout over parking fee hike
Pharmacists were among an estimated 300 hospital workers who staged a walkout to protest against an “extortionate” increase in parking fees On Wednesday, 17 January, around 300 workers at Sydney’s …
Further Vyvanse shortages forecast
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Australia warns that a fourth strength of its ADHD medication, Vyvanse, will be in short supply Worldwide shortages of Takeda’s Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesilate) products are expected to …
Pharmacies to support at home palliative care
Community pharmacies will provide access to palliative care medications as part of a new program to support at-home end-of-life care Terminally ill Tasmanians will be able to receive palliative care …
World news wrapup: 18 January 2024
How a US pharmacy’s compounding of generic Ozempic, Mounjaro led to its closure; promethazine sold to drug dealers; English pharmacies air woes on TV Nashville, Tennessee: The Washington Post has …
First RSV jab approved
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, for Australians aged 60 and over AREXVY (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, adjuvanted) is the first RSV vaccine to …
Priceline sole pharmacy brand in top 100
Wesfarmers-owned banner group slips to 94 in brand rankings Priceline is the lone pharmacy group listed in Brand Finance Australia’s 2024 top 100 rankings, with Ramsay Health Care being the …
No news is bad news on 8CPA: CAPS
Concerns grow that 8CPA will not be signed in time for 1 March start Silence from all parties involved in negotiations for the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) suggests a …
Pharmacist uses day off to get dexamphetamine from workplace
A theft caught on CCTV triggered a police search, where a pharmacist’s possession of methylamphetamine, capsicum spray and a selection of stolen medicines was uncovered Western Australia’s State Administrative Tribunal …
Tasmanian pharmacy gave expired Covid jabs
One state health department is working with a pharmacy to contact some of its patients, to whom it gave expired Covid vaccines Tasmania’s director of public health, Dr Mark Veitch, …