Narrow miss for pharmacy assistant
A Gold Coast pharmacy assistant narrowly escaped serious injury over the weekend when a man crashed his hatchback through the pharmacy’s front window.The man, aged in his 70s, may have …
Intranasal flu vaccine under scrutiny
An influenza vaccine delivered intranasally should not be given in any setting during the 2016-17 flu season in the US, its manufacturer has said.AstraZeneca confirmed that the Advisory Committee on …
What you said
Here’s what our readers are saying about the key issues in pharmacy:Chaos reignsA minority LNP government, with Katter and Xenophon holding the balance of power is a dream for Pharmacists …
Ley to headline ASMI conference
Federal Health Minister, Sussan Ley, is expected to open the 2016 conference of the Australian Self Medication Industry on 27 October 2016, ASMI said today.Delegates will hear about new opportunities …
Heartburn course for pharmacy assistants
The Guild Pharmacy Academy is collaborating with Pfizer Consumer Healthcare in the development of a new QCPP Refresher Training online course for pharmacy assistants on heartburn. The online course has been …
Joining the right chorus
A serivce-based, forward pharmacy model is a no-brainer…or is it? asks Glenn GuilfoyleAs a stakeholder in the retail pharmacy industry it has become nigh on impossible to be unaware of …
Chaos returns
Election 2016 leaves pharmacy in a state of fluxAs Australia faces a hung Parliament and years of political deals and recriminations, community pharmacy confronts potentially months of delay on key …
Forum: who will be the new health minister?
”It takes time for a new health minister to get their feet under the desk and kick start their portfolio. Anyone tipping who will be in the poison chalice seat …
Pharmacists show contempt: regulators
Concerns raised over ‘incompetent’ handling of S8 medicinesPharmacy regulators around Australia are becoming “dismayed” at the handling of Schedule 8 medicines by the sector, a new release reveals.In its latest …
Pharmacist allegedly supplied illegal drugs to bikies and bodybuilders
The accused is part owner of five pharmacies in the Hunter region of NSWPhillip Lawrence Slater, 36, appeared in Maitland Local Court on Thursday 30 June facing 10 charges, including …
‘Sparingly’ for TCS falling by the wayside
Less than 20% of pharmacists continue to advise people use topical corticosteroids sparingly to treat eczema, an AJP poll shows – but more needs to be done to change pharmacist …
Poor will defer filling scripts if copay rises: AMA
Disadvantaged people may defer filling scripts if the Coalition is returned to Government following this weekend’s election and it implements a proposed copayment increase, AMA president Dr Michael Gannon says.Dr …