Once-daily triple therapy for COPD to be PBS listed

A once-daily, single inhaler triple therapy for  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is set to be listed on the PBS from 1 July. The...

Pharmacists’ role in managing Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is in the limelight this month, with World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April inspiring a series of events around the world...

Symbion PSA Lifetime Achievement Award: Queen of HMRs

The first woman to win a PSA Lifetime Achievement Award, Debbie Rigby FPS has been many things during her 4-decade career of ‘two halves’.

Keeping your cool when vaccinating teens

With Spikevax now readily available in pharmacies across the nation, AP has some advice on adjusting your approach to cater for younger patients.

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.

What the COVID-19 crisis has been like for this West Australian...

Linda Keane MPS is pharmacist-in-charge of two pharmacies in the remote southwest West Australian town of Dunsborough.