The effect of COVID-19 on pharmacists’ role as immunisers
Researchers take an in-depth look at how the pandemic altered the landscape of pharmacist vaccination for good This article is the first in a series to reflect on the impact …
Voluntary assisted dying will be available to more Australians this year
Here’s what to expect in 2023, write Lindy Willmott, Ben White and Katrine Del Villar from the Queensland University of Technology By the end of 2023, eligible people in all …
A new era for pharmacy and aged care
Evidence, expansion and individual care: A new era for on-site aged care pharmacists, says Juanita Breen The quality use of medicines (QUM), particularly psychotropic use, in residential aged care is …
A common mistake
There is a common error that many pharmacies are making with their marketing strategies, says Sarah Rendell Every January, many set both personal and business goals. From a business perspective …
Medicines update
Let’s take a look at the monthly update of new and altered medicine listings from MIMS Australia New Products Faricimab (Vabysmo) is a humanised bispecific immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) antibody that …
The weirdest science stories of 2022
The Australian Science Media Centre brings us its top 10 weirdest science stories of 2022… We all needed a bit of cheering up in 2022, and luckily there was plenty …
Aged care meds change on the horizon
What do the new guidelines on managing medicines in residential aged care mean for pharmacists? In November 2022, the Australian Government released new guidelines on medication management in residential aged …
We’re entering a new phase of COVID
We each have to assess and mitigate our own risk. But how? asks Hassan Vally, Deakin University The Australian government’s latest COVID management plan, released yesterday [12.12.22], maps how the …
Warning on booster vaccines
PDL issues alert warning of a rise in the number of vaccine-related calls and incident reports The recent availability of the Moderna Spikevax Bivalent Booster Vaccine has seen a rise …
A good car is more than a good engine
The dispensary is the engine that drives the majority of pharmacy business, so how well oiled is your dispensary, asks Glenn Guilfoyle The dispensary is the engine that drives 70-80% …
Should pharmacists be able to prescribe common medicines like antibiotics for UTIs?
We asked five experts, write Fron Jackson-Webb and Wes Mountain from The Conversation Victoria is the latest state to move towards pharmacist prescribing, with Premier Daniel Andrews promising a trial …
The boundaries are shifting
We stand at an inflection point in Australian pharmacy, and the boundaries of our profession are shifting, writes Tom Simpson Contemporary complex healthcare is driven by integration and specialisation and …