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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Megan Haggan |Brad Sparling |Philip Smith |Alex Fitzgerald
60-day uptake ‘quite modest’: expert Pharmacy financials looking “pretty strong” due to low uptake of 60-day dispensing to date, says leading analyst, with first additional… Medics to ‘fight’ Doctor of Pharmacy title AMA warns Doctor of Pharmacy title could confuse patients and risk safety Australia’s medical profession is voicing its opposition to… ACCC announces Chemist Warehouse/Sigma merger decision After an eight-month inquiry, the chief competition regulator has had its final say on...
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Sheshtyn Paola |Brad Sparling |Philip Smith |Alex Fitzgerald
60-day uptake ‘quite modest’: expert Pharmacy financials looking “pretty strong” due to low uptake of 60-day dispensing to date, says leading analyst, with first additional… Medics to ‘fight’ Doctor of Pharmacy title AMA warns Doctor of Pharmacy title could confuse patients and risk safety Australia’s medical profession is voicing its opposition to… ACCC announces Chemist Warehouse/Sigma merger decision After an eight-month inquiry, the chief competition regulator has had its final say on...
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Jan Decomps |John Smith |JOhn Smith |Brad Sparling |Bob Tran
Dr Brett MacFarlane discusses the negative effects of allergic rhinitis on children's quality of life, and shares knowledge and skills in its effective management 4 December 2024 | 8-9.00PM AEDT Allergic rhinitis (AR), commonly referred to as hayfever, is the most common allergic disorder in Australia and New Zealand. It is often underdiagnosed, undertreated andThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Angelo Pricolo |Philip Smith |Brad Sparling |Red Dog
Vaping, medicinal cannabis and more: a look at the highlights from the upcoming harm minimisation stream at Pharmacy Connect Not since the movement of codeine from an over-the-counter product to prescription only has a scheduling issue divided the pharmacy community as has the vaping conundrum. A profession divided over the harms associated with vaping balancedThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Kate Cowling |Anthony Zehetner |Philip Smith |Brad Sparling
Pharmacy delivers growth for Ramsay Health Care in 2024, but the next 12 months are unlikely to be smooth sailing Private health and pharmacy operator Ramsay Health Care has increased its profit and pharmacy revenue, but says the broader group continues to face headwinds from sector-wide wage pressures. The group’s pharmacy retail network, which RamsayThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Anthony Zehetner |Philip Smith |Brad Sparling
Tasmania to implement tough vaping laws in response to federal government’s “watered down” reforms Legislation is set to go before the Tasmanian parliament ensuring e-cigarettes can only be supplied by pharmacies to patients with a prescription. Guy Barnett, the state’s Minister for Health, said the Tasmanian government was moving to ban the sale of vapesThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Anthony Zehetner |Philip Smith |Brad Sparling
Pharmacies are being urged to stock naloxone to help combat opioid overdose risks Increasing cases of nitazenes being detected in Australia highlights the important role community pharmacies play in providing access to naloxone. Marking International Overdose Awareness Day (31 August 2024), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is calling on pharmacies to participate inThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Philip Smith |Brad Sparling |Red Dog
Pharmacies are being urged to stock naloxone to help combat opioid overdose risks Increasing cases of nitazines being detected in Australia highlights the important role community pharmacies play in providing access to naloxone. Marking International Overdose Awareness Day (31 August 2024), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is calling on pharmacies to participate inThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
ajp.com.au | Jeremy Elias |Bob Tran |Wilson Tan |Brad Sparling
A look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products and indications New Products Avacopan (Tavneos) is a selective antagonist of the human complement 5a receptor (C5aR1 or CD88) and competitively inhibits the interaction between C5aR1 and the anaphylatoxin C5a. The specific and selective blockade of C5aR1 by avacopan reducesThis content is restricted to registered users only.
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Apr 11, 2023 | 
ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Brad Sparling |Geoffrey Timbs |Big John
Court date set for pharmacist accused of supplying performance enhancing drugs to bikies A Melbourne-based pharmacist will appear in Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court in October, on multiple charges of forgery, trafficking anabolic steroids and drugs of dependence. Victorian police executed a search warrant at an “unlicensed pharmacy” in Essendon last week, seizing “significant quantities ofThis content is restricted to registered users only.
