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The week in review
This week sees a changing of the guard at one of the country’s key pharmacy stakeholders The issue of pay came to the fore this week, as PPA released its …
All clear on AZ vaccine
No proven links with blood clots or anaphylaxis, TGA says based on Australian and European reviews There is no increased risk of anaphylaxis associated with the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine, …
Ice ring ‘right hand man’ appeal allowed
A former pharmacist has had his sentence for trafficking methylamphetamine for a crime syndicate reduced on appeal Queensland’s Supreme Court heard that the former pharmacist appealed his ten-year sentence, handed …
Dosing errors, wrong medicines
What are the most common medicine self-administration errors? Pharmacist researchers Dr Ramesh Walpola and Fatma Aldila from the School of Population Health, UNSW have conducted a systematic review to identify …
More than 1,300 sign vax petitions
Right to refuse COVID-19 vaccination, and refuse vaccinations in general, are topics of recent petitions tabled to Parliament A group of 766 citizens have appealed to the government to allow …
Changing of the guard
Trent Twomey has been announced as the new national president of the Pharmacy Guild The National Council of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has declared Professor Trent Twomey as the …
Poll reveals COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
There’s significant hesitancy around the COVID-19 vaccination among patients, say readers… but there’s also good opportunities for pharmacists to address it Following comments on previous articles about the COVID-19 vaccination …
Chronic understaffing, high stress and low pay
Australia’s pharmacists are unhappy, a new report reveals, with less than a third saying they would recommend it for a career… and nearly another third plan to leave The union …
Pharmacy fined over complementary medicine ad
The TGA has fined a NSW pharmacy $13,320 for alleged advertising of an unlisted complementary medicine Newcastle-based retailers Junction Rx Pty Limited, trading as My Community Pharmacy, allegedly advertised a …
Jab safety update
Cases of anaphylaxis reported with Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs, as TGA advises on blood clots More than 183,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including over 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, have …
Dose timing essential for COVID-19, flu vaccines
There are two mass vaccination programs running in parallel to one another with some juggling involved, advises Guild leader Phase 1B of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine program kicked off on Monday …
World news wrapup: 18 March 2021
Netherlands pilot to look at reusing unwanted medicines; not guilty verdict for accused US pharmacist; UK pharmacist heads to Lebanon to help Syrian refugees Nijmegen, the Netherlands: Researchers are tackling …