Pharmacist jailed after meningitis outbreak
Barry Cadden, president of the compounding pharmacy which distributed deadly tainted steroids in 2012, has been jailed for nine years The outbreak saw hundreds across the United States become ill …
Pain: don’t focus on the product
New figures suggest a third of Australians suffer from chronic pain, and many don’t have an effective plan to manage it With the February 2018 upscheduling of codeine looming, many …
SHPA: Be part of the future
The second half of 2017 will see hospital pharmacy set its eyes on the future as SHPA’s twin key events open to application and registration this week The Future Summit …
New insomnia resource
A new course examines the issue of insomnia Guild Learning and Development is partnering with MSD in an online course titled Belsomra® (suvorexant): A different way to manage insomnia. This …
Interim report ‘a step backwards’
Peak bodies have come together to highlight potential problems with King Review suggestions Members of the Medicines Partnership of Australia, the nation’s pharmaceutical supply chain peak body, have expressed concern …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Long-Term Oral Bisphosphonate Therapy and Fractures in Older Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative …
Forum: Codeine Upscheduling
An AusPharm member states: “I feel like I’m just not understanding something. Following an article on here today about what the Guild has to say about undermining our roles as …
The most neglected region in Australia
Barkly, Northern Territory has the highest rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations across five top chronic conditions – but experts say Health Care Homes could help The Atlas of Healthcare Variation, published this …
Poll: the King Review interim report
We’ve heard what pharmacy organisations have said about the King Review – now we want your opinion When the interim report of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation was …
A cut to the heart
Pharmacy staff paying the price for government’s failure, Opposition leader says Workers covered under the pharmacy award are among the 700,000 Australians set to pay the price for federal government …
Crime is rising, readers say
Pharmacists believe violent crime against pharmacy is rising – but is it? A significant majority of pharmacists believe that violent crime is rising in the sector—including many who have not …
‘Overcharging’ claims give false impression
Guild condemns PBS price fixing suggestion as article accuses pharmacies of overcharging The King Review interim report is a “damning” one which demonstrates that “chemists have been overcharging customers for …