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Now is the time for investment
Medicines misuse and misadventure in Australia results in 250,000 hospital admissions and 400,000 emergency department presentations, at an alarming cost of $1.4 billion annually “This does not include the costs …
The week in review
Pharmacy statistics made the news this week, as we found out about 10% of incidents reported to PDL, one-in-four cosmetics buyers’ habits and the takeup of My Health Record Researchers …
Popping out
Pharmacies to dispense product used as a sex aid following TGA ruling The Therapeutic Goods Administrations’ scheduling committee has recommended some of a range of products currently used as sex …
Pharmacist OCP prescribing ‘naive and potentially dangerous’
A GP and academic has penned a piece in The Conversation saying that pharmacist prescribing of the oral contraceptive pill risks women’s health for several reasons “In bypassing their GPs …
Paracetamol on the move
Modified release paracetamol upscheduled to S3, but GP groups express concern about the move Modified release paracetamol are set to be re-scheduled as S3 (Pharmacist Only) products according to the …
Former pharmacy student sentenced for terrorist act
A former University of Sydney pharmacy student has been jailed for 36 years after he stabbed a man multiple times On 10 September 2016, in a driveway in Minto in …
Legal win for Chemist Warehouse
A senior Chemist Warehouse manager has had a win in Federal Court, with the finding that his offer to buy a pharmacy described as having a “special and singular attraction” …
A new name
As of June 5, the World Self-Medication Industry (WSMI) is known as the Global Self-Care Federation The organisation says the change of name reflects a fundamental shift in WSMI’s approach, …
App updated
NPS MedicineWise has updated its smartphone app, with the aim of helping those caring for someone who takes one or more medicines The free MedicineWise app has been updated so …
$18.7m PBS fraud case leads to loss
A property that was purchased by a pharmacist’s family member with proceeds of alleged PBS fraud has been seized by the Australian Federal Police In 2017 the Australian Federal Police …
World news wrapup: 6 June 2019
Canadian pharmacists call for codeine restrictions; barriers to Indian online pharmacist to be lowered; unsociable hours affect recruitment in UK Saskatchewan, Canada: Pharmacists in Canada are calling for stronger restrictions …
Six ways pharmacists can help
Pharmacists need to be embedded into residential aged care as a matter of urgency, say hospital pharmacists The Society of Hospitals Pharmacists of Australia says that high quality, embedded clinical …