NEWS
Is the EpiPen shortage over?
Mylan recently announced that the long-running EpiPen shortage has ended, but a pharmacist tells AJP he still hasn’t been able to order any three weeks …
Doctors ‘declare war’ on the Pharmacy Guild
GPs are outraged over a Guild leader column blasting “five-minute medicine” – but he says as long as doctors hold themselves above everyone else the system …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Physical functioning and mindfulness skills training in chronic pain The importance of improved physical function as …
Should e-cigarette liquid safety be improved?
Calls to Australian Poisons Information Centres in recent years include cases where children inhaled e-cigarette liquids, ate cartridges or had liquids splashed in their eyes …
Hotel not-so-confidential
Pharmacies in the UK have been faxing dispensing tokens, certificates and requests for medication to a British hotel group The hotel group complained to NHS …
Sigma affirms ‘strong future’
A review initiated after losing My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse supply contract has identified over $100m per year in savings Sigma Healthcare Limited has announced a “strong …
The week in review
The pharmacy stakeholder bodies have been busy this week, with pre-Budget submissions, warnings to members and the #10YearChallenge The Allied Health Reference Group of the …
Being culturally aware in the pharmacy
The importance of building trust with patients and understanding their specific cultural needs NT pharmacist Samuel Keitaanpaa recently presented to NAPSA Congress 2019 in Adelaide …
Transparency drop a ‘wakeup call’
Transparency reporting by the pharmaceutical industry is in decline, warn Australian researchers who are calling for mandatory disclosure And increased prescribing of unnecessary and costly …
‘Do I really need to see a doctor for this?’
NSW Guild president highlights out-of-pocket cost of medicines and criticises the “5-minute medicine” of corporate general practice in his latest column Cost of living is …
Mouthing off
Rural pharmacists can, and should, play a greater role in oral health care than they currently do, study finds Rural pharmacies are often a patient’s …
Could MBS access be a step closer?
An MBS item should be established to allow pharmacists to access allied health items, a key reference group has recommended The Allied Health Reference Group …