The science of safety

All about PSA Lifetime Fellow Dr John McEwen’s evolution from pharmacy apprentice to international authority on pharmacovigilance.

Pharmacist wins award for service to the community

Canberra pharmacist Brad Butt was awarded the Australian Patients Association’s Most Outstanding Community Pharmacist of the Year.

Pandemic puts the spotlight on medicine safety in aged care

The COVID-19 pandemic has made pharmacists even more vital for medicine safety in aged care, a royal commission has been told.

What you need to know about the Active Script List

Pharmacists will soon be able to use a pharmacy-centric, cloud-based model to view all of a patient’s active prescriptions and dispense them without a patient presenting a QR barcode or token.

The role of the pharmacist in motor neurone disease

Motor neurone disease (MND) is a group of progressive, degenerative disorders of the motor neurones. Multidisciplinary care of patients is required as the disease progresses.

Relieve the pain and inflammation of osteoarthritis with Nurofen

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease that usually affects the hands, knees and hips.1,2 The main symptoms are joint pain and stiffness that usually...