The pill epidemic
Painkiller misuse is rife, survey finds, with 75% reporting misuse of OTC codeine products, and 20% misusing prescriptions The recently released Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) …
Change at the top
Queensland Guild elects new branch president North Queensland pharmacist Trent Twomey is the new President of the Queensland branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, with results from the recent …
10 Rising Stars: what you said
Here’s a selection of some of the best reader nominations we received for ECPs: from the top 10 to single nominees Elise Apolloni “I heard her speak at the PSA …
Getting back the passion
Our list of rising stars of pharmacy has highlighted those making “significant contributions” to the profession AJP’s first ever list of the 10 Rising Stars of Pharmacy, as voted by our …
Pharmacy’s 10 Rising Stars
We reveal our readers choice for the 10 early career pharmacists who are leading the profession into the future Well actually our readers have identified a lot more than 10 …
Syrupy success
The third winner of our AJP/RUM ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ campaign has been decided This amazing bottle of Mother Siegel’s Curative Syrup, returned to his pharmacy by a customer …
Who are the Rising Stars?
There’s just four more sleeps till we reveal our 10 Rising Stars of pharmacy – as voted by readers of AJP It’s almost time to reveal AJP‘s 10 Rising Stars …
A question of privacy
Concerns have been raised over privacy provisions in some pharmacies that administer vaccinations In its latest communique, the Victorian Pharmacy Authority says it has “become aware that some pharmacies may …
A product fit for man or beast
More treasures emerge through the AJP/RUM ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ Pharmacies around Australia are continuing to send us photos of some amazing old medicines dropped in by customers for …
Even more old medicines
The entries continue to roll in for our ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicines’, co-run by AJP and the Return of Unwanted Medicines (RUM) Project The main image is from a selection …
New opportunity opens up
Online tool brings the medicinal cannabis supply chain a step closer to the dispensary Pharmacists’ ability to dispense medicinal cannabis is moving another step closer with the launch of a …
Rising Stars: final chance to vote
It’s the final day of our campaign to identify the Rising Stars of pharmacy, so get your nominations in now! Since June, AJP has been asking our readers to help us identify …