Pharmacy Announcements
Pharma groups back $25 script pledge
Pharmacy groups have welcomed the Albanese Government’s pre-election pitch to cut the subsidised medicine cap to $25 per script Under the cost of living funding pledge, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese …
AdPha welcomes new WA health minister
Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) says it looks forward to working with Meredith Hammat, the Western Australia’s new Minister for Health and Mental Health AdPha said it hoped to build on …
‘Critical’ role of connection
Pharmacist marks Social Prescribing Day, noting that the profession often encounters health challenges that cannot be treated with medication The founder of PALS (Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social-isolation) has marked …
New era for Don’t Rush to Crush
Informed by Australia-first research, the resource has a new look and is now fully digital Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has released a new edition of Don’t Rush to Crush, Australia’s …
APC seeks student representative for accreditation committee
Students are being invited to submit expressions of interest in joining the Australian Pharmacy Council’s accreditation committee The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is taking expressions of interest from students in …
‘Thank you for stepping up’
Leaders across the profession and community acknowledge that pharmacists’ work is “seen, valued, and celebrated” this week for Thank Your Pharmacist Day Politicians, pharmacy leaders and organisations have marked Thank …
The top 10
Pharmacy prescribing tops most clicked stories list, alongside coroner case, CWH comments, burnout and more These were the ten most viewed stories on our website between the 10 February and …
New procedure for product alerts
Department rolls out new process for sponsors conducting market actions for therapeutic goods The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has implemented its new Procedure for Recalls, Product Alerts and Product Corrections …
TGA strengthens warnings for broad-spectrum antibiotics
More prominent warnings added to Product Information (PI) and Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) for all oral and injectable fluoroquinolones Updated warnings regarding rare side effects are being added to PI …
Sodium valproate warning
Manufacturer adds new paternal exposure warnings to the Product Information and Consumer Medicine Information for Epilim Sanofi-Aventis is adding warnings to its Epilim (sodium valproate) anticonvulsant medication following the publication …
Sigma appoints new chief pharmacist
Discount Drug Store franchisee named as Sigma’s chief pharmacist Pharmacy owner, Lia Mahony, will represent pharmacists across Sigma Healthcare’s retail brands as the wholesaler’s chief pharmacist. Mahony, the Tamworth Discount …
Pharmacy braces for Cyclone Alfred
Pharmacy owners prepare to be there for patients when cyclone strikes Just three years after floods hit Northern NSW, the owners of Varela and Swift Pharmacy in Muwillumbah are getting …