2019 year in review

It was a big year for Australian pharmacists, with the release of important reports calling for reform for the profession and providing a vision...

Solutions for minimising medicine stockpiling

Many pharmacists have likely come across expired medicines, kept 'just in case' for later use. But stockpiling can create a number of medicine safety risks.

Ethical lessons for Australian pharmacists from overseas

What ethical lessons do Australian pharmacists need to heed from other countries? A panel of experts at the FIP Congress filled in the blanks.

NSW pharmacists given special authority to supply essential medicines

NSW has granted pharmacists a landmark special authority to supply most S4 medicines without a prescription to those affected by bushfires. The NSW Chief Health...

New alliance between PSA and SHPA announced

At PSA19 this morning, it was revealed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by PSA and the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of...

Government commits $25m to medicine safety research

The federal Government will invest $25 million in research to improve the safe use of medicines and medicines intervention by pharmacists.