New pathway could ease HRT shortage crisis for patients

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instruments (SSSI) to help pharmacists and patients manage the shortage of hormone replacement...

The Ozempic shortage is over, says FDA

The Ozempic crisis is reportedly over in the United States. Could Australia's stock levels soon be replenished?

Naloxone nasal spray added to the PBS

With increasing overdose deaths from both prescription opioids and heroin, naloxone nasal spray – now listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – is a...

First Queensland community pharmacists join COVID-19 vaccine effort

Community pharmacists in Queensland delivered their first COVID-19 vaccinations this week, with 49 rural and remote locations now eligible to begin vaccinating patients. 

Pharmacists to give Pfizer booster doses

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all Australians aged over 18, Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced today.

Responding to concerns about paracetamol use in pregnancy

As US regulators flag new warnings on paracetamol use, the TGA and Australian experts have weighed in on what the evidence shows.