Service recognised
A number of leaders of pharmacy have been rewarded for a lifetime of service in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list Former Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) national president Warwick …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Thunderstorm-triggered asthma: what we know so far Thunderstorm-triggered asthma (TA) is the occurrence of acute asthma attacks immediately following a thunderstorm. …
Staying the same
Mometasone to remain a mostly prescription product after downscheduling application is knocked back TGA regulators have rejected a proposal to move the corticosteroid mometasone to become a Schedule 3 product. …
Pharmacy market update
Has the federal election had any impact on the pharmacy real estate market? Natalie Sirianni looks at the current situation As we near the completion of the 2019 financial year, …
Widen RTM scope to all S3, S4 meds: coroner
A coroner has recommended making the ACT’s DORA system mandatory for all prescribers and pharmacists, after the death of a woman from multi-drug toxicity Forty-eight-year-old Lauren Maree Johnstone died in …
Now is the time for investment
Medicines misuse and misadventure in Australia results in 250,000 hospital admissions and 400,000 emergency department presentations, at an alarming cost of $1.4 billion annually “This does not include the costs …
The week in review
Pharmacy statistics made the news this week, as we found out about 10% of incidents reported to PDL, one-in-four cosmetics buyers’ habits and the takeup of My Health Record Researchers …
Popping out
Pharmacies to dispense product used as a sex aid following TGA ruling The Therapeutic Goods Administrations’ scheduling committee has recommended some of a range of products currently used as sex …
Pharmacist OCP prescribing ‘naive and potentially dangerous’
A GP and academic has penned a piece in The Conversation saying that pharmacist prescribing of the oral contraceptive pill risks women’s health for several reasons “In bypassing their GPs …
Clinical tips: diabetes
Carlene McMaugh takes a look at the latest medicines used to help manage diabetes Medicines used to assist in the treatment of diabetes have expanded considerably in recent years as …
Paracetamol on the move
Modified release paracetamol upscheduled to S3, but GP groups express concern about the move Modified release paracetamol are set to be re-scheduled as S3 (Pharmacist Only) products according to the …
Former pharmacy student sentenced for terrorist act
A former University of Sydney pharmacy student has been jailed for 36 years after he stabbed a man multiple times On 10 September 2016, in a driveway in Minto in …