TGA approves Pfizer booster for teens

Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine has been provisionally approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for use as a booster in those aged 16–17 years.

Best of the west: meet PSA’s newest award winners

Four pharmacists were crowned the best of the west at PSA’s West Australian Annual Therapeutic Update (ATU) last weekend.

Report any CAM adverse effects, warns Dr Geraldine Moses

Doctor of clinical pharmacy, consultant pharmacist and pharmacovigilance expert Geraldine Moses discusses the scary adverse effects of CAM.

The trial that could revolutionise medicine safety

Rather than managing adverse events after the fact, the ACTmed trial helps pharmacists tackle medicine-related problems before they arise.

Time to vent: changes to asthma management in adults and adolescents

The updated Australian Asthma Handbook now recommends that no adult or adolescent with asthma be treated with a SABA alone, as it does not treat the underlying inflammation.

How GP pharmacist medicine reviews prevent hospital readmissions

When under the care of a general practice pharmacist, patients recently discharged from hospital are far less likely to re-present, according to new research.