Health Minister Sussan Ley has announced not only the signing of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, but also the five-year Agreement with the Generic Medicines industry Association, telling consumers that …

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the announcement today that the Australian Government and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have signed the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement. National President of …

The Pharmacy Guild has welcomed the signing of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, which underpins the provision of PBS medicines until 2020.

According to Taree pharmacist Ian Carr, homeopathy will do no harm, but it won’t do any good either, and pharmacists need to remove ‘magic water’ from their shelves to avoid …

Treatment for Australia’s leading cause of blindness – macular degeneration – has turned a corner through the efforts of Australian and global ophthalmologists, says the Royal Australian and New Zealand …

A new targeted anti-cancer therapy that helps improve survival in the most common form of leukaemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia, has received regulatory approval in Australia.

The Australian Pharmacy Council has elected South Australian pharmacist Debra Rowett its new president. Rowett is the director, Drug and Therapeutics Information Service at the Repatriation General Hospital in South …

The Heart Foundation has reiterated the importance of exercise and movement, following media reports on a new study which showed sedentary behaviour had a negative effect on the body rhythms …

Patients of the country’s only community-funded pharmacy could pay less for their medicines if the services is defunded, says Health Minister Sussan Ley. The pharmacy, which is integrated into the …

AMA president Associate Professor Brian Owler has criticised an increase in funding and a greater pharmacist role which are set to be part of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement. Writing …

The AMA’s fears that extending the scope of pharmacy professional services would result in ‘fragmentation of patient care’ is unfounded, says PSA national president Grant Kardachi – and airing their …

The herpes virus has helped researchers discover that the respiratory tract links to two different parts of the nervous system – which could mean big changes in cough treatment. A …