The most-read stories of the year highlight where clinical practice, regulation and professional reform collided. From sweeping Therapeutic Guidelines updates to unresolved scheduling decisions and award wage reform, these five stories captured pharmacists’ attention and reflected the pressures shaping practice...

New year, new policy and practice changes. Here’s what pharmacists will need to navigate from January. In 2026, pharmacists can expect some changes to education, medicine costs and credentialing standards.  AP has rounded up the key changes pharmacists can expect from...

From early detection to screening and medicine management – pharmacists are increasingly involved in reducing the burden of kidney disease.

Administered to the nasal mucosa, a spike-based formulation triggers rapid local defences that clear the COVID-19 virus where it enters. In 2022, a year after Australia’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns, researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney received...

Digital health tools can improve medicine safety and make systems more efficient – but poor system design often doesn’t bring healthcare practitioners and their patients on the journey.

With only two weeks before school resumes, now is the ideal time for pharmacists to help parents catch up with vaccinations for their children.

As temperatures soar, ensuring proper storage of medicines is more critical than ever. Here’s how heat impacts medicine safety and how pharmacists and patients can safeguard their efficacy.

Good communication skills, supported by evidence-based information, are essential for quality outcomes from collaborative medication reviews.

Pain is a highly complex and subjective phenomenon, characterised by high levels of inter-individual variability.1,2 This can make it difficult to quantify and compare pain between individuals and different population groups.1,2 Access to timely and appropriate pain management is also...

Paul Sinclair MPS has become the first Australia International Pharmaceutical Federation President, his duties starting early this month.