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Pharmacy continues to poll well in rating of ethical behaviour, though GPs still slightly more highly regarded Pharmacy has maintained a high ethical trust rating in a survey of ethics …

Because of women’s caregiving role, they need pharmacist support, says a new report The potential for pharmacists to support women in their often overlooked role as informal caregivers is the …

New research shows the potentially life-saving benefits of integrating pharmacists within Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services James Cook University, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled …

Four-fifths of people who have visited a doctor to get a codeine prescription have not been offered an alternative, new data shows A survey commissioned by AFT Pharmaceuticals looked at …

New medicines handbook app launches Australian health professionals now have a new option for accessing medicines information with the release of the new AMH App for Desktop from the Australian Medicines Handbook. …

One of Australia’s most distinguished pharmacists, Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom, has received one of the profession’s highest international honours Professor Sansom was awarded the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s (FIP) André Bédat …

Cannabis-based medicines should be used carefully until more evidence is accumulated, a drug expert has cautioned Professor Wayne Hall, from the University of Queensland’s Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, …

Pharmacists need freedom to operate professionally without pressure, says FIP’s outgoing president Dr Carmen Peña, President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), said in opening the 78th World Congress of …

SafeScript is set to roll out in one Victorian PHN area, ahead of its state-wide expansion next year And president of the Pharmacy Guild Victorian branch Anthony Tassone has compared …

AJP Agenda Setters poll highlights innovation in pharmacy, SHPA says The leading role of hospitals as hubs of healthcare innovation was evident this weekend as several hospital pharmacists and SHPA …

Leading pharmacist to head Lung Foundation Australia committee The Lung Foundation Australia has announced that Debbie Rigby has been appointed as the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pharmacy Committee Chair. …

Swiss pharmacist Dominique Jordan has been elected as president of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Mr Jordan, a community pharmacy owner and former chief executive officer of the Swiss Association of …