Clinical tips: Medical Cannabis
Ben Basger takes a look at some issues around medicinal cannabis, including the fact that data is still very much emerging Speaking to our Professor of Pain Management and Palliative …
Sanctions won’t deter underpayment: union
The union for employee pharmacists has slammed the proposed Fair Work Amendment, saying the changes would be “exceptionally unfair” In its submission to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry …
Breaking through the barriers
From leaving the profession to spearheading research into deprescribing and consultant pharmacy, Deborah Hawthorne explains how she took control of her career I graduated from La Trobe University Bendigo in …
Pregnancy warning
TGA now says artemisia containing products are not safe at any stage during a pregnancy as it expands product recall There are now seven products undergoing a recall due to …
New CEO for College
The Australasian College of Pharmacy has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Dr Dimitri Kopanakis ACP President Michelle Bou-Samra said the College’s Board had begun a rigorous …
‘Immense pride’ over pharmacy efforts
TerryWhite Chemmart is this year celebrating 15 years of supporting women with ovarian cancer The banner group is a key charity partner of Ovarian Cancer Australia, and has raised more …
Ongoing fatigue, health impacts
A third of people reported persistent symptoms after COVID-19 infection in this new study, which followed participants up to nine months after illness Researchers from the University of Washington in …
World news wrapup: 26 February 2021
Vaccine run highlights community pharmacy’s worth; BoJo lauds Sussex pharmacist; India cracks down on codeine cough syrups Donegal, Pennsylvania: Trib Live has reported on pharmacist Ed Christofano, who drove his …
Fair or unfair? Work act changes under fire
Fair Work amendments “fail Australian workers” and won’t boost jobs or pay in pharmacy, opposition claims The federal government’s proposed fair work amendments bill has come under sustained criticism from …
Supporting the PSS
The Pharmacists’ Support Service and the PSA have entered into a new three-year Memorandum of Understanding The PSA says the MoU continues its long term support for PSS and its work supporting …
“Unscrupulous chemists”
February 1921: A disgruntled pharmacy “Judas” is under fire for sharing trade secrets in the national press The February 1921 edition of the AJP including the ocverage of a letter …
‘No patients should ever go without their medicine.’
The Guild has called on the Morrison Government to permanently implement continued dispensing The Guild’s Queensland branch said in a statement on Wednesday that it congratulated the Federal and State …