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Triple therapy, SABA market growing
What is the cost and utilisation of the inhaler therapies market? Drug utilisation sub-committee investigates the numbers A PBS committee has considered whether reversion to Authority Required (telephone/online) may be …
Two new strains for 2026 flu vaccines
Australian committee releases recommendations for next round of influenza vaccines, with differences to this year’s southern hemisphere and 2025/26 northern hemisphere recommendations The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee (AIVC) has recommended …
Health accessibility: what Australians want
Pharmacists are the easiest health practitioners for Australians to access, new research by the NAB has found NAB Health has released its Health Insights Report (Part 1) 2025/26 “Health practitioners …
Guild director puts culinary skills to the test
Pharmacy Guild of Australia executive director, Gerard Benedet, swapped strategy meetings for the heat of the kitchen to raise funds for OzHarvest Benedet joined nine other business leaders to put …
Cannabis prescribing without robust evidence ‘mirrors early trends in opioid use’
Current quality and safety requirements are not sufficient for medicinal cannabis products, say hospital pharmacists As concerns grow among health professionals about the way in which medicinal cannabis is prescribed …
Court backs Council in Blooms dispute
Landmark ruling finds banner group’s licence agreement would give it a financial interest in a prospective member The Supreme Court of NSW has backed the Pharmacy Council of NSW’s decision …
Temazepam replaced with vitamin D in hospital pharmacy
A nurse misappropriated a patient’s temazepam from the hospital pharmacy over Christmas, WA’s State Administrative Tribunal has heard The registered nurse was working at a hospital in Western Australia’s south-east, …
Doctors flag concerns of scope of practice training
AMA warns additional training for pharmacists could put patients at risk, as state government makes investment in expanding scope of practice Moves to provide government subsidies for up to $8,500 …
‘Significant and long overdue’ lease changes proposed
Amendments to retail leasing legislation before a state parliament to save the pharmacy sector ‘hundreds of millions’ Proposed changes to retail rental laws in NSW have the potential to …
‘Take opportunities even if they come with work’
A Queensland health service acting director of pharmacy advises young pharmacists to put their hands up, following his receipt of the Advanced Pharmacy Australia, Queensland Branch, William Harris Achievement Award …
Pharmacy ownership ‘antiquated and unnecessary’: NZ govt
“The Americanisation of the New Zealand health system is bad for patients, prices, practices and pharmacists,” warns the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, as our neighbour plans to remove ownership restrictions …
Pharmacy continues to drive health spending
Household spending on healthcare is on the rise, while consumers are tightening their purse strings when it comes to recreation and education, new data shows Healthcare spending is continuing to …