Our members lead the way
PDL is 100% owned by its pharmacist members and is Australia’s leading choice for Pharmacist Professional Liabilities Insurance (PI) cover As Australia’s first national pharmacy body, PDL was established over …
Forum: What does ‘dispensed’ mean to YOU?
“i speak with many young pharmacists (and most pharmacists are young to me these days) and I have observed these new comers place a different meaning to the term ‘dispensed’ …
Commercially available products: to compound or not to compound?
To comply with regulations and guidelines, compounding pharmacies need to understand circumstances that restrict compounding commercially available products. By Patricia Ullmann, compounding pharmacist Learning objectives After completing this CPD activity, …
What’s wrong with drug packaging?
Life would be so much easier—and safer—if drug packaging was designed with pharmacists in mind, writes Angelo Pricolo Sometimes we walk around the dispensary looking at things and wonder why …
Greg Hunt to open APP
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the APP organising committee have announced that the Federal Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, will attend APP2017 APP Chairman Kos Sclavos …
The 12 priority pathogens that pose the greatest health risk
WHO today published its first list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health The list was drawn …
NPS launches COPD educational program
NPS MedicineWise is launching a new educational program on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for health professionals Recognising that COPD can be a complex and challenging condition for health professionals to …
Cert II enrolments open
Enrolments are now open for the fourth intake of the government subsidised Certificate II in Community Pharmacy (SIR20112) training Available under the Queensland Government’s Community Work Skills Initiative, the program …
Insulin pump therapy course
The Guild Pharmacy Academy is partnering with Medtronic to develop a course for pharmacists about insulin pump therapy The online course examines how insulin pump therapy works and how it …
New HIV prevention trial to begin
South Australians at high risk of acquiring HIV will have the opportunity to benefit from PrEP treatment Alfred Health in Victoria has partnered with the South Australian Health and Medical …
Guild ad urges action on risk share, trial programs
The Pharmacy Guild is urging the Government to honour Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement commitments in full, by advertising in The Australian The Guild placed a full-page advertisement in The Australian …
How fake drugs end up in our public health system (and how to spot them)
Prescribing and using pharmaceuticals is a matter of trust Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra Prescribing and using pharmaceuticals is a matter of trust. Health service …