innovation
Transforming plants into ‘biofactories’
The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Facility for Producing Pharmaceuticals in Plants at UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience has the potential to provide inexpensive medications to patients, says UQ. Head of …
Leading the way
Leader of Health Destination Pharmacy wins 2016 Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Dr Alison Roberts has been named as the AstraZeneca 2016 UTS Innovative Pharmacist of the Year for her …
New funding for Australia’s HIV community
ViiV Healthcare has announced it is offering $180,000 in funding to support the most innovative ideas and promising solutions for HIV care in Australia ViiV Healthcare has opened submissions for …
‘11 prototypes that each have the potential to completely disrupt the pharmacy industry.’
The world’s first pharmacy hackathon saw more than 100 participants and observers scramble to form ideas, create teams and then put together working prototypes of pharmacy-related innovations, all within 36 …
Ideas boom characterised by Australian complementary medicines: CMA
In its pre-Budget submission, Complementary Medicines Australia has highlighted the way it says Australian complementary medicines industry epitomises the goals of the National Innovation and Science Agenda and the Federal …
Disrupting pharmacy with world-first PharmHack
Pharmacy as an industry needs to acknowledge change and respond – or pre-empt – it with innovation, says Sabrine Elkhodr, pharmacist and founder of PharmHack, the world’s first pharmacy hackathon. …
Pharmacy back in the USSR under totalitarian Health Minister
The Government’s desire to control community pharmacy is starting to look dangerously Soviet, writes Peter Feros The Soviet era is long gone, but its spirit felt alive and well as …
World first ibuprofen patch created
Researchers at the University of Warwick have worked with Coventry-based Medherant, a Warwick spinout company, to produce and patent the world’s first ever ibuprofen patch delivering the drug directly through …
2015 Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Award nominations open
Nominations are open for the 2015 Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Award, now in its fourth year. This annual award was initiated by UTS Pharmacy in 2012 in order to …
Aspen/PSA innovation awards close soon
Applications for the PSA and Aspen Pharmacare Australia Innovation Grants, recognising and celebrating innovation in pharmacy through sustainable business practices, close in two weeks. The new grants seek to identify …