Compensate pharmacies for managing drug shortages
Regulators need to authorise pharmacists to respond to medicines shortages before they are declared “severe”, an international organisation says Governments are being urged to compensate pharmacists for the time they …
Poll: Are you ready for pharmacist prescribing services?
Are there barriers which could hinder your ability to provide pharmacist prescribing services? If so, we’d like to know There’s a growing sense of excitement across the pharmacy profession as …
Homeopathic product recalled
ARTG-exempt kids’ travel sickness product recalled after discovery of wire fragment A consumer complaint has led to a recall of homeopathic kids’ travel sickness product, after “a small metal wire” was found in one lozenge. The Therapeutic …
dRx series: Deprescribing antithrombotics in older people
Amanda Quek and Amy Page
Dr Amy Page and Amanda Quek look into desprescribing anticoagulants and antiplatelet medicines Deprescribing is defined as a person-centred process of medication withdrawal intended to achieve improved health outcomes through …
Non-pharmacy Pain Away sales boost margin
Costco and 7-Eleven are playing a significant role in bolstering sales of Pain Away Wellnex Life, the owner of the Pharmacy Own brand, is reporting 16% surge in sales of its Pain …
‘There’s a lot we can learn from the work being done in Australia’
If it worked in Brisbane it will work in regional Ireland, says one pharmacist who has taken an Australian initiative to the Emerald Isle Pharmacist Brad Butt’s Men’s Health Downunder …
Why pharmacists need PBS prescribing rights
AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh takes a look back at 2025 with AdPha president Tom Simpson and outgoing vice president Dr Kate O’Hara Speaking during Advanced Pharmacy Australia’s Medicines Management …
Experts flag ‘unusual’ spike in flu cases
“It is not too late” to get an influenza vaccination, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing says, as Australia sees a late surge in infections Health professionals are being advised …
‘No causal relationship between vaccines and autism’: WHO
Comprehensive reviews reaffirm WHO’s view that there is no evidence to support a potential link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder High-quality scientific evidence indicates vaccines “do not cause autism”, the World Health Organization’s …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Chronic Cough The study findings suggest that patients who use GLP-1RAs have an increased risk of …
‘Have you ever wondered what it can feel like to have ADHD?’
Despite frequent media reports to the contrary, ADHD is actually underdiagnosed – particularly in women, one expert says Melbourne pharmacist Kate Tognarini, who is a board member of the Australasian …
PBAC to advise on GLP-1s for obesity
Medicines advisory body notes “unmet clinical need for obesity treatments”, following deliberations on equitable access to GLP-1s The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) will respond to the Minister for Health, Disability and …