Metformin supply crisis worsens
Availability of all extended release products now limited: TGAThe crisis over low supply of metformin has worsened, with all extended release products now being classified as having limited availability.On 17 …
Pharmacy Board sets fees for 2016/17
The Pharmacy Board of Australia has announced the national registration fees for pharmacists for 2016/17The general registration fee has been set at $328, limiting the increase to indexation.It will apply …
King urges employee pharmacists to make Review submissions
Professor Stephen King and the pharmacists’ union are urging employee pharmacists to make a submission to the King ReviewThe Chair of the Federal Government’s Review into Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation …
Weekly Dose: Naloxone, how to save a life from opioid overdose
Weekly Dose: Naloxone, how to save a life from opioid overdoseSuzanne Nielsen, UNSW Australia and Simon Lenton, Curtin UniversityNaloxone is an opioid antagonist, used as an “antidote” for opioid overdose …
Policy statement on medicines environmental impact
Pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists must take responsibility for mitigating the environmental consequences of medicines, says the International Pharmaceutical FederationAn official policy statement adopted by the FIP Council in Buenos Aires, …
Pharmacists urged to sign up smokers to quit
Throughout September, Lung Foundation Australia is appealing to pharmacists to encourage people who want to quit smoking to sign up to quit in OctoberToday, the Federal Government raised taxes on …
ACT pharmacies in new pregnancy quit smoking program
Community pharmacies in Canberra will take part in an innovative program to help pregnant women quit smoking, says the Guild.The Pharmacy Guild of Australia – ACT Branch – has won …
Andrew Morgan is SA Pharmacy Assistant of the Year
Andrew Morgan from McLaren Vale Chemmart is the South Australian winner in the Pharmacy Assistant of the Year awardHaving worked off and on in pharmacy for more than 17 years, …
World news wrapup: 1 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy news around the worldUS: Following controversy over the skyrocketing price in the US of Mylan’s EpiPen, the company has stated that …
New banner group flagged
Hospital group flags community pharmacy pushLeading private hospital group Ramsay Health Care is set to launch a major push into operating community pharmacies.In a briefing to announce the group’s 2015/16 …
Tapping into self-care expansion
Role in heartburn advice illustrates pharmacists’ potential for patient self-care supportThe treatment of heartburn provides a valuable case study in how the role played by pharmacists in aiding and supporting …
Minister’s plan to introduce national cancer register
Nationwide system will replace eight separate state and territory cervical cancer registers and “outdated” bowel screening systemMinister for Health Sussan Ley has announced her plan to introduce a National Cancer …