News
ATAGI gives green light to child vax
PM Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt joined with the Guild to mark the upcoming launch of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 in community pharmacies Australia’s …
Raid on vapes
Police raid Canberra businesses selling vapes, while New Zealand announces it plans to eliminate smoking altogether Dangerous and prohibited ingredients were found in two out of every three nicotine vaping …
The top ten: Features
Pay, ethical dilemmas, practice change, vaccine developments. Let’s look at the ten most read AJP features for 2021 It’s time to look at the key stories that our readers have …
Wizard Pharmacy and APOD join forces
Wizard Pharmacy and Australian Partners of Defence have announced a partnership The partnership is expected to see APOD members save 5% on their pharmacy essentials when they shop in-store and …
Pharmacists needed, but not paid fairly
The TGA has approved Moderna’s COVID jab as a booster – but will pharmacies provide it? A leading pharmacist says it may not be financially viable for many On Wednesday, …
Benzo, antidepressant use analysed
Delirium has been linked to preoperative use of specific antidepressants and benzodiazepines in a new case-control study, with a strong case for pharmacists to deprescribe People who use antidepressants and …
Trent Twomey awarded full academic title of JCU Professor
The National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Trent Twomey, has been awarded the full academic title of James Cook University Professor in the Division of Tropical Health and …
World news wrapup: 9 December 2021
Pharmacist allegedly stabs his boss multiple times; NZ chemist puts on cute new staff member; is Boots for sale? Springfield, Missouri: A pharmacist has been charged in federal court after …
Streamlining Closing The Gap
The Guild has provided an update on changes to the Closing The Gap program after claims were rejected With the implementation of the changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) …
Seizing the moment
The pandemic provides the opportunity for pharmacy to retain some of its new areas of practice, and to play a greater role in monitoring supply shortages Pharmacy has the chance …
‘Communities will die’ if supermarkets wrest control
The Pharmacy Guild has been accused of “moral bankruptcy” over the ownership rules, as Woollies bids on API and the ACCC begins its investigation into the Wesfarmers bid for the …
Notifier ‘very embarrassed’ by questioning
Board reminds pharmacists to consider privacy following a recent notification from a patient who asked for clotrimazole cream Pharmacists have been on the receiving end of notifications that relate to …