Coping with COVID-19 in an airport pharmacy

Airport pharmacists-in-charge, like Andrew Lieu MPS, were initially frontline defence.

Pharmacists’ demand highest in rural and remote areas

Pharmacist salaries in rural and remote areas are on the rise as the demand for professionals in community and hospital roles increases.  According to the...

Keeping mum: Maternity leave and pharmacists  

The dearth of women in senior pharmacy positions is well documented. Can offering pharmacists better support during maternity leave help correct the imbalance? Just four...

2,4-Dinitrophenol – effective but dangerous fat burner

The manufactured chemical 2,4-Dinitrophenol has been used in herbicides, dyes, explosives and as a photographic developer. Also, highly effective in weight loss, its toxic...

Active Ingredient Prescribing grace period comes to an end

A new wave of private prescriptions may be approaching, as the Active Ingredient Prescribing (AIP) grace period comes to an end.

OCP continuance announced in NSW

As the FIP Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences draws to a close, yet another big scope of practice change has been announced.