One-third of dementia burden may be preventable
A new report shows how vascular diseases and risk factors such as smoking and obesity may significantly contribute to dementia “Dementia is a serious and growing health problem in Australia …
Cap problem leads to recall
Anticonvulsant recalled due to issue with child-resistant caps Pfizer Australia, in consultation with the TGA, has initiated a recall for product correction for bottles of phenytoin 30 mg capsules, 100 …
Why the Greens are right on drug reform
The war on drugs has failed, writes Angelo Pricolo… which is why the Greens’ new approach is so important It is hard to do anything but agree with almost every …
Is AHPRA a “partly failed” experiment?
Questions raised over the success of our national healthcare professional registration scheme Australia’s five-year-old national registration scheme for healthcare practitioners is flawed, an academic has claimed. Writing in the Australian …
Guild, AFT Pharmaceuticals team up to find top pharmacy assistant
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced that it will partner with AFT Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd for the 2017 National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award. The Pharmacy Guild of …
Pharmacist receives suspended prison term for opioid theft
A hospital pharmacist has been sentenced after stealing and using thousands of dollars’ worth of opioids following his young daughter’s death Matthew Foster, 38, was sentenced in the Fremantle Magistrate’s …
Generics granted price increases
Around 60 generic medicines have been granted price increases this month, including a 133% increase for a common antibiotic Through the Generic Medicines Working Group, the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association …
Advanced Medical Institute owners fined $350,000 for contempt of court
The company behind AMI has been fined by the Federal Court for failing to comply with orders that restrained it from making representations about the efficacy of its treatments NRM …
Pharmacy of the Year finalist named top Capital Chemist
Capital Chemist Wanniassa has been awarded Capital Chemist Pharmacy of the Year, at the group’s annual end-of-year celebrations in Canberra This in-house award follows the announcement of six national pharmacies …
Australia’s largest clinical trial to share in millions
Trial of daily aspirin use for disease prevention in older Australians will receive part of $483 million in grants for health and medical research announced by the Minister for Health …
Pharmacists as good as doctors at prescribing: Cochrane Review
A new Cochrane review has found pharmacist prescribers are comparable to medical prescribers for chronic disease outcomes The review, led by the researchers from Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest research news Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease In this large double-blind event-driven trial, ticagrelor (90 mg twice daily) was …