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Unity ‘empowers’ the profession
The Australasian College of Pharmacy’s transition comes at a “pivotal time” for pharmacy, says one stakeholder group On Monday (20 October 2025), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia announced that it …
‘Major milestone’ in strengthening pharmacy education announced
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the Australasian College of Pharmacy The PSA says this marks a significant step for expanding education …
Department extends eNRMC conformance deadline
Software vendors are being given an additional six weeks’ grace to ensure Electronic National Residential Medication Charts (eNRMC) are conformant The implementation rollout of electronic prescribing eNRMC systems is being …
Opportunities in underserviced areas: Twomey
There are good clinical and commercial opportunities in pharmacy, but young pharmacists need to look for them, the Guild’s national president says Early career pharmacists are being urged to step …
The week in review
It’s been a huge week in pharmacy, with accessibility, jobs, scope, medicinal cannabis and the status of women all taking turns on centre stage We began the week looking at …
Triple therapy, SABA market growing
What is the cost and utilisation of the inhaler therapies market? Drug utilisation sub-committee investigates the numbers A PBS committee has considered whether reversion to Authority Required (telephone/online) may be …
Two new strains for 2026 flu vaccines
Australian committee releases recommendations for next round of influenza vaccines, with differences to this year’s southern hemisphere and 2025/26 northern hemisphere recommendations The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee (AIVC) has recommended …
Health accessibility: what Australians want
Pharmacists are the easiest health practitioners for Australians to access, new research by the NAB has found NAB Health has released its Health Insights Report (Part 1) 2025/26 “Health practitioners …
Guild director puts culinary skills to the test
Pharmacy Guild of Australia executive director, Gerard Benedet, swapped strategy meetings for the heat of the kitchen to raise funds for OzHarvest Benedet joined nine other business leaders to put …
Cannabis prescribing without robust evidence ‘mirrors early trends in opioid use’
Current quality and safety requirements are not sufficient for medicinal cannabis products, say hospital pharmacists As concerns grow among health professionals about the way in which medicinal cannabis is prescribed …
Court backs Council in Blooms dispute
Landmark ruling finds banner group’s licence agreement would give it a financial interest in a prospective member The Supreme Court of NSW has backed the Pharmacy Council of NSW’s decision …
Temazepam replaced with vitamin D in hospital pharmacy
A nurse misappropriated a patient’s temazepam from the hospital pharmacy over Christmas, WA’s State Administrative Tribunal has heard The registered nurse was working at a hospital in Western Australia’s south-east, …