Heading the charts
What are the ten most commonly dispensed, and the ten most expensive drugs on the PBS at the moment? A drug used to treat eye conditions such as macular degeneration …
Festival pill tests backed by public
Almost two-thirds of Australians support pill testing at music festivals, according to new research that also reveals how opinions are highly polarised across the political spectrum. Data from the 2019 …
Division over scheduling decisions
Schedule changes confirmed for a number of commonly dispensed medicines, despite pharmacy opposition to some proposals The TGA has confirmed previous interim decisions to amend (or not amend) the current …
Getting rid of the barriers
What are the barriers currently preventing community pharmacists from playing a more active role in antimicrobial stewardship? New research may provide the answers Australian community pharmacists are aware of antimicrobial …
Mixed findings on Metformin contamination
Reassuring messages from TGA after investigation reveals some contaminated Metformin batches The risk to patients who have taken metformin that is potentially lightly contaminated with a potentially carcinogenic nitrosamine has …
Winning the vote
Pharmacists choice awards winners revealed at 2020 Diamond Awards Pharmacy’s preferred consumer healthcare product manufacturers have been revealed, with Arrotex, Ego and Sanofi-Aventis among those honoured. The awards were part …
The numbers are in
How many pharmacists are currently registered? How many signed up for the pandemic response register? Here’s the latest data The Pharmacy Board of Australia has released its latest quarterly data …
Is pharmacy ‘metrocentrically maldistributed’?
Pharmacy and other health professions have a ‘metrocentric maldistribution’, Parliament is told as MPs debate health inequities There were mixed messages from parliamentarian health professionals this week as the House …
COVID 19: is there a silver lining?
We all know about the challenges that 2020 has brought, but have this year’s events had a silver lining for pharmacy? Leading UK pharmacy academic Christine Bond thinks there have …
COVID vax: pharmacy has a key role
Pharmacists can, and should, play a key role in the national roll out of mass COVID-19 vaccination, say researchers Fully utilising the national network of pharmacists is essential to achieve …
A win for pharmacy
November 1920: Pharmacy has won “one of the most important cases undertaken by pharmacists” “One of the most important cases undertaken by pharmacists was brought to a successful conclusion in …
Going to the front of the queue
Healthcare professionals should get vaccination priority: Minister Healthcare professionals are likely to be given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines if, and when they are available, Health Minister Greg Hunt has …