A marketplace flooded with dubious products: Harvey
Helping in the fight against antibiotic resistance from the 1970s helped foster a lifelong interest in battling inappropriate promotion of medicines and therapeutic services, says Friends of Science in Medicine’s …
GP-pharmacist model at Camp Hill ‘impressive,’ says Ley
Health Minister Sussan Ley has toured a health care practice featuring integrated pharmacy services and given it the thumbs up.Minister Ley thanked an “impressive” lineup of health professionals, including pharmacy, …
Weekly Dose: teriparatide, the osteoporisis drug that forms new bone
Weekly Dose: teriparatide, the osteoporosis drug that forms new bonePeter Robert Ebeling, Monash UniversityTeriparatide is an injectable drug to treat severe osteoporosis, a condition where mineral loss causes the bones …
Bexsero vaccine shortage in Australia
GSK’s relatively new vaccine for meningococcal B is in low supply across the country due to its unexpected popularity worldwideBexsero is the only vaccine for meningococcal B currently registered for …
World news wrapup: 18 August 2016
We wrap up the week’s pharmacy news from around the worldNew York, US: A pharmacist has been found guilty of distributing black market HIV medications in a scam which netted …
Fast pharmacist Madeline Hills shines in Rio
Pharmacist and Olympian Madeline Hills beat her personal best and made the top 10 in the women’s Olympic steeplechase final.Hills, a graduate of the University of Sydney, clocked a time …
MATCH-D study gains consensus on dementia medicines management
A new study has taken an important step towards improving medicines management for people living with dementia.Fifty-seven experts from around Australia (58% of whom were pharmacists) have reached consensus on …
‘It probably put most kids off milk for life.’
Senator Nick Xenophon has suggested a return to the not always fondly remembered national school milk program, citing nutritional concerns as well as support for the dairy industry.The national program …
NZ pharmacy deregulation won’t foster collaboration, GPs told
The proposed deregulation of pharmacy ownership in New Zealand is unlikely to foster collaboration and trust between GPs and pharmacists, says the editor of NZ Doctor.Barbara Fountain wrote in a …
Non-prescription labelling reformed
The Australian Self Medication Industry has welcomed publication of the new Therapeutic Goods Order, marking the conclusion of the TGA’s medicines labelling review“We greatly appreciate the TGA’s inclusive, collaborative and …
Denise Brady is NT Pharmacy Assistant of the Year
Denise Brady from Barden’s Amcal Pharmacy has been chosen to represent the Northern Territory at the National Finals of the 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ GuildSuper Pharmacy Assistant of the …
Australia’s largest ketamine trial for depression underway
Evaluation of the drug is much needed as some clinics offer repeated dosage without evidence of safety, says professorThe largest randomised double-blind trial to evaluate the effectiveness of ketamine as …