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Mixup wasn’t us: Pfizer
Pfizer has confirmed that the Heparin-Lignocaine mixup occurred at one pharmacy, not its own facilities But the recall for Heparin Injection 5000 IU 5mL x 50 and Lignocaine Injection 1% …
Health chief resigns
There’s a vacancy at the top at the Department of Health, as Secretary Martin Bowles has announced his resignation Stakeholders including the Health Minister and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Symbion hosts codeine forums
Symbion is helping to educate pharmacy about the impacts of codeine changes The wholesaler is conducting a series of forums around the country to help manage the transition of low-dose …
Explainer: why we get fungal nail infections and how we can treat them
About 10% of people (and 50% of those over 70) suffer from nail infections – but why? Jackson Thomas, Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Canberra; Gregory Peterson, Deputy Dean (Research) Faculty of …
Pharmacist named Queensland’s Rural Ambassador
Taroom Pharmacy owner Christie McLennan’s passion for rural life has won her the 2017 “Marsh” Rural Queensland Ambassador award The pharmacist and Brahman cross beef producer grew up in the …
Medicinal cannabis black market worries TGA
The TGA has criticised claims that red tape turns patients to black market cannabis And one medicinal cannabis stakeholder says that doctors are unready when it comes to prescribing the …
King of the slopes
Who were the 2017 masters of the ski fields at the annual Pharmacy Snow Business conference? Joseph Daggian from Prahran Amcal Pharmacy in Victoria is the 2017 winner of the …
Learning in the workplace key in new unit
A new Monash education unit is set to focus on workplace learning The Monash Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is launching a new organisational unit focused specifically on learning …
Strengthen CPAs to improve pay: Jackson
PSA president Dr Shane Jackson has called for a “much stronger” 7CPA to ensure better pay for pharmacists Last week the union for employee pharmacists released its latest remuneration report, …
Too much medicine?
Australian health and consumer groups have banded together to release a statement calling for an end to overdiagnosis and overtreatment A group of clinicians, consumers and policy makers have released …
Ovarian cancer patient wins $525 million from J&J
It is the largest payout so far in a string of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson and its talc-based products A US jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to …
Travel for your education
The 2018 PSA Offshore Refresher Conference features one of the most ambitious programs to date Next year’s conference will have a diversity of venues stretching from the Tropics to the …