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Navigating the Special Access Scheme and Section 19A: a practical guide for pharmacists
The Special Access Scheme (SAS) and Section 19A (S19A) provisions enable pharmacists to supply unapproved or temporarily approved medicines to help address unmet patient need. This article explains the associated …
The proton pump, the gastric mucosal barrier, and stomach and duodenal ulcers
Back to Basics with Peter Carroll The aim of this series of articles is to revisit and discuss some fundamental pharmacological, physiological and therapeutic concepts with the overall objective of …
Assessing systems and workflow
USING THE PDL RISK MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR PHARMACISTS This series introduces pharmacists to the PDL Risk Management Guide for Pharmacists, and how it can be used in everyday pharmacy practice …
Improving asthma management in adults
The 2025 update to the National Asthma Council (NAC) Australia’s guideline for asthma in primary care, the Australian Asthma Handbook, emphasises significant changes in asthma management. By Debbie Rigby, advanced …
Our perception of opportunity
The world of valuations has been the busiest that we’ve ever seen, and pharmacy land is certainly an active one at present, writes Peak Strategies director, John Thornett One thing …
New isotretinoin warnings
Risks of sexual disorders and mood-related changes added to safety information for isotretinoin products Health professionals are being urged to be alert to the possibility of psychiatric and sexual disorders in …
Expired medicines should be kept ‘under lock and key’
Regulator cites issues with RUM bins, DAA packs Return of Unwanted Medicines (RUM) bins continue to pose an issue for pharmacy owners and pharmacists. VPA inspectors have observed instances where …
Indirect supply of medicinal cannabis under scrutiny
Recent panel hearings have investigated allegations that pharmacy licensees “failed to meet their responsibilities” Eight panel hearings in February and March investigated allegations against pharmacist licensees for “serious potential breaches” …
Fraud claims spark StrongRoom AI redundancies
Pharmtech start-up StrongRoom AI is reportedly shedding staff members as administrators seek saviour Close to half of pharmacy software business StrongRoom AI’s staff are believed to have been made redundant …
Take us off the bench: Twomey
Guild leader backs pharmacists to support state health system as doctors strike Community pharmacists are ready to step in to assist patients in NSW, as hospital doctors take industrial action …
‘Our systems are constantly catching up’
Pharmacists are facing “cognitive overload” dealing with multiple software programs and the increasingly complex needs of patients, a pharmacist warns New technologies including electronic prescribing are “amazing”, but will not …
Guild pitches for free flu shots
A state government is being urged to invest in a community pharmacy-based flu vaccination program With confirmed influenza cases significantly higher than this time last year, the Victoria state government …