Pill testing shows clear harm reduction benefits
Up to one in five people who had pills tested at UK festivals had a different drug to the one they thought they’d bought Findings from UK trials have been …
Practising while suspended
Finding a locum can be difficult at short notice – but this former pharmacist’s solution resulted in registration cancellation and a fine On 6 January 2015, officers of the Department …
New holistic big box emerges
Discount Drug Stores and two Cairns pharmacists have collaborated to develop a new big box pharmacy brand Wholehealth Discount Drug Store & Healthfoods focuses on delivering a holistic approach to …
Notifications rise
There were 373 notifications lodged with AHPRA about pharmacists in 2016/17, new figures show AHPRA has released its annual report for the year to 30 June 2017, showing that 1.8% …
FluMist Quadrivalent gains tentative approval
TGA approves registration of nasal spray which it says could boost uptake of influenza vaccine While AstraZeneca’s FluMist Quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine nasal spray applicator has been registered on the …
No, you shouldn’t eat your placenta, here’s why
No, you shouldn’t eat your placenta, here’s why Humans and underwater animals are the only mammals that don’t eat their placentas. from www.shutterstock.com Bryony McNeill, Deakin University In almost all …
Advanced Practice Collaborative launches
Pharmacy groups have united to launch the Advanced Practice Collaborative The Collaborative is a new committee that is planned to work collaboratively to examine and progress drivers for Advance Practice …
Last call for penalty rates quashed
Pollies have called on the government to abandon cuts to penalty rates in an amendment that was lost in Parliament by 5 votes The debate over cuts to penalty rates …
No sickies for pharmacists
An overwhelming majority of pharmacists go to work while sick, an AJP poll has found Earlier this month, we reported on a US study which showed that pharmacists are the …
World news wrapup: 16 November 2017
German pharmacist accused of selling cancer drugs with no active ingredient; decriminalisation of dispensing errors moves forward in UK; and more… Bottrop, Germany: A German pharmacist has faced court on …
Building the momentum
Revisiting a busy year in pharmacy can help continue the momentum for change and development, says Kristin Michaels This week Australia’s largest scientific pharmacy conference provides a timely moment to …
Pharmacist caught with hand in the till
A 71-year-old pharmacist found guilty of 52 charges of theft is an “experienced and practised liar,” a Court has heard The pharmacist was fined $26,000 as well as reparation of …