More pharmacists are registered with the Pharmacy Board of Australia than ever, new data reveals  A record 41,451 pharmacists now hold registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, according to figures released …

Wesfarmers Health takes “unavoidable” action as Infinity Pharmacy Group fails to meet financial obligations  Consultancy firms KPMG and Teneo will take on the management of beleaguered pharmacy group Infinity, after …

Regulators need to authorise pharmacists to respond to medicines shortages before they are declared “severe”, an international organisation says  Governments are being urged to compensate pharmacists for the time they …

ARTG-exempt kids’ travel sickness product recalled after discovery of wire fragment  A consumer complaint has led to a recall of homeopathic kids’ travel sickness product, after “a small metal wire” was found in one lozenge.   The Therapeutic …

“It is not too late” to get an influenza vaccination, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing says, as Australia sees a late surge in infections  Health professionals are being advised …

Comprehensive reviews reaffirm WHO’s view that there is no evidence to support a potential link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder  High-quality scientific evidence indicates vaccines “do not cause autism”, the World Health Organization’s …

Medicines advisory body notes “unmet clinical need for obesity treatments”, following deliberations on equitable access to GLP-1s  The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) will respond to the Minister for Health, Disability and …

Changes to the way sexual misconduct findings are reported on practitioners’ registration to come into effect early next year  Sexual misconduct findings against health practitioners will be permanently recorded on their professional registration from early …

Pharmacists are set to be among the targets of an inaugural “privacy compliance sweep” by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner  Data collection and management processes used by pharmacists will come under the …

PSA publishes seven CPD standards for pharmacists ahead of retirement of APC’s accreditation standards  Less than six months after the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) announced it would retire the Accreditation …

It’s December 1925, and with female pharmacists struggling to find employment, one AJP correspondent proposed a solution  “A correspondent recently drew attention to ‘the number of lady chemists out of …

Community pharmacies left out of pocket, as the government secures $50 price reduction for ADHD medication  Pharmacy owners are counting the cost of efforts to mitigate against supply shortages of …