Flashback Friday: Children ill from free laxatives
Dodgy marketing practices are far from a modern concept: how about free drug samples posted into letterboxes? It’s September 1935, and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy has a couple of …
Pharmacist ‘disgusted’ by weight loss ads misusing her image
A Queensland pharmacist has had her image stolen and altered to sell “a non TGA approved product” The ABC has reported on the case of Mary Baker, a Queensland pharmacist …
Supporting patients with varying health literacy and language needs
PDL has some advice for avoiding communication lapses when helping patients from varied backgrounds Australia has a rich cultural and linguistic diversity, with over 5.5 million Australians speaking a language …
Two top brands vie for brand award
This year’s Finder Awards have seen two pharmacy chains neck and neck to tie for first Chemist Warehouse and Capital Chemist are the top rated pharmacies in this year’s Finder …
‘The new credential program is rigorous, because we must get this right’
NSW Health has renewed its partnership with Advanced Pharmacy of Australia to deliver targeted education and training for Australian healthcare workers involved in aseptic production According to AdPha, this further …
World news wrapup: 4 September 2025
Pharmacists giving out medicines at a loss in the UK; US pharmacies feel the effects of Covid access changes; pharmacist caught replacing returned medicines on shelves UK: The BBC has …
‘Determined to ensure everything is the best it can be’
Novel working group of hospital pharmacists with a passion for medication guidelines finds success with <1% incident reports related to high-risk IV use A pharmacy team-based approach has consistently produced …
Pharmacist facing serious allegations
Newly registered pharmacist suspended by Health Ombudsman The Gold Coast pharmacist, who was only registered this April, is prohibited from practising as a pharmacist or providing any health services effective …
‘A multifactorial problem requiring bold multifactorial responses’
Australian pharmacists have joined leading pharmacy organisations from around the world in calling for urgent action to tackle the rise of antibiotic and other antimicrobial resistance The FIP Copenhagen Declaration …
Albanese lauds cheaper medicines legislation
Moves to successfully cut the PBS general co-payment to $25 from 1 January 2026 are a reflection on how the government implements policy, the Prime Minister says Government measures to …
Government moves to deliver Australian CDC
Legislation to establish a permanent Australian Centre of Disease Control (CDC) is now before the federal parliament Moves to legislate for a permanent Australian CDC are “a momentous and welcome …
Wesfarmers expands pilot for InstantScripts
It opened its second “pharmacy health hub” utilising the service in Victoria Wesfarmers Health opened its second InstantScripts Pharmacy Health Hub in Amberly Park, Victoria, last week (28 August 2025). …