COVID-19 spreading locally

Health authorities have urged Australians returning from Iran to self-quarantine for 14 days as Australia reports its first cases of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19. There...

Pharmacist advice app takes home Pharmacy Shark Tank prize

Patients would be able to seek pharmacist advice with a few taps on their smartphone, using a proposed app that has won the PSA19...

Lead-up to medicine error

Mr Sotirios Temopoulos had a medical history that included multiple myeloma with a myelomataus lesion in his cervical spine, in which he was prescribed...

The policymaker

Karen Castle MPS, PSA’s newest policy pharmacist, writes healthcare legislation and knows plenty about voluntary assisted dying requirements.

TGA changes continue to impact and sometimes baffle pharmacists

A number of recent decisions by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) are highly relevant to pharmacists in Australia. Firstly, the interim decision from the...

Breaking the silence on mental health

Annette Baker, whose portrait was one of 49 finalists in the inaugural Australian Mental Health Prize 2016, has worked hard to raise awareness about...