Think you know emergency contraception? Think again

Pharmacists have been supplying emergency contraception in Australia since 2004. Since then, the evidence base and consumer experience surrounding emergency contraception has evolved significantly.

Goodbye CAL I, hello expanded CAL 18

Merging CAL 18 and CAL I removes duplication and confusion, helping patients receive clearer, more actionable dietary advice.

The history of cocaine

Cocaine has a long history of use in the treatment of pain and inflammation – and in recent decades as a recreational drug. Cocaine...

Intranasal vaccine stops infection at the source

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...

Unlocking access: Downscheduling changes in 2021

After years of little movement in downscheduling of medicines in Australia, 2021 will usher in a flurry of activity – but Appendix M remains conspicuously empty.

Full continued dispensing returns in Tasmania, plus other big announcements

Continued dispensing arrangements have expanded in Tasmania, while travel vaccines and a UTI pilot were announced in the ACT.