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PBAC backs early supply rule change
Government extends Safety Net early supply rule for 60-day scripts to reduce medicines wastage Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Safety Net early supply rule come into effect today …
‘It’s time to look at what we can do better, and how.’
How can pharmacists help reduce the environmental impacts of health care? A team of pharmacists and pharmacy students from Monash University and the United States have collaborated to highlight the …
A RUM upgrade
New-look RUM bins are arriving in pharmacies this month The Return of Unwanted and Expired Medicines project (the RUM project) has launched a new and more secure version of the …
Messing it up
Our animals are suffering from the impact of pharmaceutical waste, a new study has found Over 60 pharmaceutical compounds have been detected in aquatic invertebrates and riparian spiders, Australian research …
Getting with the program: pharmacy and the environment
It’s one of the greatest issues of our time, but if you look around the pharmacy landscape, environmental issues hardly rate a mention. However, a dedicated band of pharmacists are …
Throwing it all away
Pharmacists falling short on knowledge of negative environmental effects of drugs, study finds Pharmacists require more information themselves on the negative impacts of pharmaceuticals on the environment if they are to take …
Knowledge gap
Pharmacists remain clueless on impact of medicines on the environment, study finds Australian pharmacists need information and training on the negative impacts that pharmaceuticals can have on the environment, researchers …