Aspirin not beneficial in primary prevention of CVD for those over...

A seven-year international study has found aspirin is not beneficial in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease for those aged over 70. The ASPREE (ASPirin...

Queensland scope of practice pilot launches

Queenslanders are set to have greater access to high-quality, primary healthcare services from today (24 April 2024) under the state government’s Community Pharmacy Scope...

The TGA’s position on oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant

The TGA is aware that the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee met in September 2023 to discuss the available...

FIP delegates on Australian pharmacy practice

Pharmacists from around the world have come together in Brisbane for the 81st International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress.

Could domestic manufacturing fix our medicine shortage problems?

With medicine shortages set to be an issue for the foreseeable future, local medicines manufacturing could be the way forward.

From Egypt to the Australian outback

For more than a century there was no pharmacy in Wilcannia, NSW – until George Morkos MPS blew into town 8 years ago. What attracted...