Community urged to avoid stockpiling medicines
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has urged the community not to stockpile medicines, as Australian rates of COVID-19 infections continue to rise.
Vale William (Bill) Arnold (1940–2024)
The PSA is saddened to learn of the passing of life member William (Bill) Arnold MPS, who died peacefully in his sleep on 26 October 2024.
Safety syringe wins Pharmacy Shark Tank
A three-pronged safety system aimed at cutting errors in medicine dosing in hospital settings has won the Pharmacy Shark Tank at PSA18.
Professor Lyndal Trevena...
The essential medicines adviser
Bernadette Cappello MPS has gone from community pharmacy, through the federal Department of Health to the World Health Organization in Geneva.
Pharmacists’ role in new aged care quality standards
Pharmacists could secure expanded roles in antimicrobial stewardship, medication management and infection prevention under new aged care quality standards.
The Quality of Care Amendment (Single...
Can pharmacists help prevent doping in sport?
The recent release of the updated 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods from the World-Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) raises the question about the relationship...













