Discount Drug Stores expands into ACT
Discount Drug Stores has opened its first store in the ACT and plans to roll out more stores around the nation. Now in their 15th year of operation Discount Drug …
Gabby Squires is Victorian Pharmacy Assistant of the Year
Gabby Squires from Jenny Milner-Marsha Watson Pharmacy has been selected to represent Victoria at the national finals of the 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GuildSuper Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award. …
‘We can’t afford not to’ spend on public health
Shadow Health Minister Catherine King has said that Labor will continue to fight proposed increases to PBS co-payments. Ms King opened the joint PHAA 44th Annual Conference and 20th Chronic …
New course on Ellipta devices in COPD and asthma
With just two weeks until the end of the CPD year, the Guild Academy has announced an online course to assist pharmacists in understanding the use of Ellipta devices in …
Three key pillars of good public health
Protection, promotion, prevention are three key pillars for good public health and provide a framework for improving the public’s health, PHAA CEO Michael Moore says Adequate investment by governments and …
SA project to tackle antibiotic use in aged care
Southern Cross Care is aiming to help improve the use of antibiotics in some of its aged care facilities with a project led by leading pharmacists Southern Cross has partnered …
The week in review
It’s been another busy week for the pharmacy sector – and for once, the King Review was not the only review that got people talking. The long-awaited response to the …
‘There will be a mass exodus of bright young pharmacists’
Across the country pharmacists are doing it tough, with low (and dropping) wages a key theme emerging in submissions to the King Review At PSA16, Lance Emerson announced that, “Pharmacist …
Could popping a pill replace exercise?
Popping a pill that makes your body think it has exercised could soon be possible, say Deakin University medical scientists. But don’t let your gym membership lapse just yet—at this …
Microcephaly case-control study confirms Zika virus causality
Preliminary findings from 32 cases confirm causality but the true size of the effect will only be available following the full analysis of all 200 cases and 400 controls. The …
Jane Halton resigns, thanked by stakeholders
The Pharmacy Guild acknowledges the significant contribution of Jane Halton AO PSM to the Commonwealth public service over many years, and wishes her well in her new endeavours. Halton announced …
Therapeutic goods streamlining welcomed
Australia can streamline the regulation of therapeutic goods by removing duplicative and inefficient processes without undermining the safety and quality of medicines, the GBMA says following the Government’s response to …