A bright new day
Guild welcomes removal of location rules sunset clause as PBS bill passes lower house The amended PBS bill, to which a number of Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement-linked initiatives were tied, …
The kids are alright
Pharmacies play a pivotal role in supporting parents in dealing with their child’s ailments. A well-stocked category plus the right advice is imperative Pharmacists and their staff are in a …
Getting the dose right
Children should not just be considered “small adults” when it comes to prescribing medications, say Australian researchers A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology article by researchers from the University …
An open source approach
A project launched this week will use an open access database, Twitter, reddit and github for interested parties to find drug compounds to treat a devastating infectious disease A new …
Clinical tips: STIs
Pharmacists’ significant role in helping patients with STIs needs to be handled with care, write Jarrod McMaugh and Sam Flood Sexually transmitted infections are a common enough occurrence in Australia …
Ibuprofen decision lauded and slammed
ASMI has commended the Scheduling Delegate’s interim decision to retain the current scheduling of ibuprofen… but not everyone agrees In a letter to its members, the Australian Self Medication Industry …
Death at Sydney hospital due to fentanyl toxicity
A man who died hours after his operation was wrongly prescribed fentanyl instead of oxycodone and paracetamol Paul Lau, 54, died at a Sydney hospital in June 2015 after he was …
Boosting vax rates
MedAdvisor has announced new features to help boost flu vaccination rates in the coming months Digital medication management platform MedAdvisor has announced new features within its PlusOne pharmacy software, to …
Real time monitoring: your say
Victoria has opened a public consultation on the proposed regulations to support SafeScript, the real-time prescription monitoring system Minister for Health Jill Hennessy has released the proposed Drugs, Poisons and …
Flu hits hard in US
Fifty-three children have died due to influenza so far, with pharmacies scrambling to keep up with demand for flu meds A total of 14,676 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalisations have been reported …