Quitting smoking is essential, but it can take time

With more information than ever about the dangerous effects of smoking, pharmacists are there to assist patients on the road to quitting.

Breaking the seal

These are the four areas pharmacists need to consider when manipulating or repackaging commercial products.

Call to remove homeopathy products from pharmacies

PSA recently urged all community pharmacy banner and buyer groups to take a stand against the sale of homeopathy products by refusing to stock,...

Pharmacists go above and beyond as Victorian storm leads to weeks...

Thousands of residents continue to be left without electricity or running water after storms battered Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges recently. AP speaks to pharmacists on the ground.

Medicine safety announced as a National Health Priority Area

Medicine safety has been named a National Health Priority Area at PSA19 this morning, assuring greater focus for pharmacists’ roles in the quality and...

Strychnine: From murder mysteries to rat bait

Agatha Christie loved strychnine. It starred in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Thanks to her World War I experience as a hospital dispensary volunteer, and her training as an apothecary’s assistant, the novel received a rave review in The Pharmaceutical Journal.