regulatory
Health practitioner ombudsman highlights increase in approaches
Health ombudsman reveals that only a fraction of complaints made to it concern pharmacists – but one in 20 of the queries it couldn’t address were medicine-related The office of …
Schedules to stay the same
TGA rejects proposals to downschedule more ibuprofen products and Chinese medicine ingredients Proposals for the downscheduling of ibuprofen and some Chinese medicine ingredients have been rejected by the Therapeutic Goods …
The top ten
A mixed bag of stories feature in our list of the 10 most-read stories over the last month Regulatory and crime issues dominate our list of the top 10 stories …
The shortage situation
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has recently made a number of updates to the database of medicine shortages and newly approved replacements Among the new listings or updates are: Fluoxetine capsules …
The top ten
Crime, COVID-19 and a couple of discount pharmacy giants were the topics dominating our most read stories over the previous month These were our top ten most clicked stories from …
Get things moving
Pharmacy groups back moves to make Viagra available over the counter, but AMA questions checklist approach to treatment Leading pharmacy groups have backed a proposal to allow pharmacists to supply …
The top 10
What were the 10 most-clicked stories on our website over the holiday season? Here are the 10 most-clicked stories on the AJP website from 1 December 2018 till 10 January …
Top of the charts
Let’s take a quick look back at our 10 most-read stories in 2018 2018 is nearly over, and it’s certainly been a big year for pharmacy. Here’s the overall 10 …
Keeping pharmacy in pharmacy
Regulators act to stop retailers appropriating the profession’s title Pharmacy regulators have recently taken action to prevent a non-pharmacy retail franchise from using the word ‘pharmacy’ in their stores. In …
The need for speed
Is the push for faster regulatory approval of new drugs a benefit to patients or a safety risk? The increasing pressure from patients, pharmaceutical companies and sometimes, health professionals, eager …
No change to pack sizes
Application to reduce Schedule 2 ibuprofen pack sizes knocked back An application to reduce the size of S2 ibuprofen packs has been rejected by the Advisory Committees on Chemicals and Medicines …
Acting irresponsibly
Range of regulatory breaches revealed in Authority documents The latest communique from the Victorian Pharmacy Authority has revealed a range of regulatory breaches previously under investigation by the authority. …