Pharmacy Announcements
Management of pelvic pain: when is it more than period pain?
Jean Hailes鈥� gynaecologist Dr Pav Nanayakkara & physiotherapist Amy Steventon discuss optimal pelvic pain management in pharmacy 25 June 2024 | 7-8.00PM AEST How might pelvic pain in women present, …
The top ten
Agreement, budget and $1 discount demise capture our readers attention It was a month of big announcements and events – the federal budget, the 8CPA, Pharmacy Guild election upsets and …
Health minister to address PSA national conference
Minister for health and aged care Mark Butler MP will again join pharmacists at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia鈥檚 National Conference PSA24 Butler will provide the ministerial address on behalf …
Discount group rounds up change for bowel cancer
Star Discount Chemist has joined the Jodi lee Foundation to help prevent bowel cancer through a new Round Up campaign Patients making purchases in store at Star Discount Chemist outlets …
Engaging pharmacists in the 鈥榝ight against tobacco鈥�
WHO and FIP jointly call for pharmacists to be upskilled to effectively deliver tobacco cessation interventions Pharmacists can play an important role in tobacco cessation because they collectively reach millions …
Pharmacy fined over Ozempic advertising
Western Sydney pharmacy hit with聽a fine of more than $18,000 in relation to alleged unlawful advertising of Ozempic聽 The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued an infringement notice of $18,780 …
The latest events
We look at some of the major upcoming events in the pharmacy calendar PSA24: Your pathway to progress It鈥檚 little more than a month until PSA24, Australia’s premier educational beacon …
New sexual dysfunction warnings added to antidepressants’ PI
Health professionals are advised to consider current or previous antidepressant use in patients reporting sexual dysfunction聽 Updated product information documents (PIs) for nine antidepressant medications will include warnings relating to …
It鈥檚 time to elevate the pharmacy profession: FIP
The global body says pharmacists need greater recognition as healthcare professionals, as opposed to commercial entities The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has launched a global campaign called 鈥淭hink Health, Think …
Compounding ban 鈥榓 significant public health concern鈥�
Government urged to roll back its ban on compounding weight loss drugs聽 Banning the compounding of glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) medications will limit patient access to the weight loss …
Government acts on compounding concerns
Compounding exemptions for diabetes medications, Ozempic and Mounjaro, will be removed from 1 October, minister reveals聽 Compounding pharmacies will be barred from producing replicas of Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirazapetide) …
TGA issues SSSI for abatacept
Pharmacists authorised to substitute Orencia 125mg/mL products to deal with shortages聽 The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) in response to shortages of both …