medicines shortages
Hydrocortisone supply to resume soon
The TGA says it is working with Alphapharm to address the shortage of all hydrocortisone tablet strengths The Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised that it is aware of the shortage …
Warfarin product now substitutable due to scarcity
Coumadin 5mg tablets is the subject of a new Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument In early March, the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued an advisory that several warfarin products were in shortage, …
Guard your professional identity, warns group
One pharmacy stakeholder is worried that some prescribers’ identities have been stolen to make an Ozempic scam look more convincing And pharmacists concerned the same could have happened to them …
Warfarin products go into shortage
The TGA is urging pharmacists and consumers not to stockpile Coumadin or Marevan, as part of a shortage warning The TGA has announced that several warfarin products are in shortage …
Ozempic about to hit shelves… but there’s a catch
The TGA has announced that supplies of Ozempic (semaglutide) have begun being distributed—but pharmacies will have to be subject to purchasing limits Following skyrocketing demand for Ozempic due at least …
The week in review
Controversy in Canberra over pharmacist scope of practice made this news this week, while there was also a focus on pay NAPSA held its annual Congress in Canberra, where Pharmacy …
Shortages at recent low: TGA
Medicines shortages in Australia are “lower than in recent months or years”, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reports. However, the regulator noted that “there are currently some very high-profile shortages, …
Medicines pricing makes Australia unattractive for manufacturers
Australia’s reliance on overseas manufactured medications combined with medicines pricing is fueling current supply shortages, a senior Guild official believes Speaking to ABC News, Adele Tahan, vice president of the …
Docs link pharmacists to trimethoprim shortage
Pharmacists have urged doctors to “put aside turf wars,” following claims UTI prescribing programs risk lives “When a patient with symptoms of a suspected UTI walks into a pharmacy they …
TGA threatens influencers with jail and $1m+ fines over Ozempic
Regulator puts social media figures on notice over illegal promotion and advertising of diabetes drug for weight-loss as shortages continue Advertising Ozempic for weight-loss can land people in jail or …
Stop-gap diabetes drug vanishes from market
Meanwhile imported Ozempic and Trulicity is out there…if patients can find it – it’s just not subsidised and up to pharmacies to decide price, says Health Department A type-2 diabetes …
World news wrapup: 24 November 2022
UK supermarket offers pay advances to pharmacy workers; pharmacy owner allegedly murders woman in his shop; medicines shortages impacting Israel UK: Supermarket giant Tesco has announced that given the growing …