Australian Pharmacist

After decades as a specialist compounder in Bundaberg, Brendan West MPS moved inland to buy a pharmacy in the outback Queensland town of Wallumbilla.

It’s a fair way from the sheep farm in South Australia to working at five pharmacies in outback Broken Hill, New South Wales. Meet Blake McCallum, PSA’s 2022 NSW Intern of the Year.

Under a new national government strategy, pharmacists will be key to dramatically reducing HIV transmission.

For Lauren Haworth MPS, opening a pharmacy as a global pandemic hit was not great timing. But it was invaluable experience en route to her dream of owning a pharmacy by the age of 30.

Compounding pharmacies can deliver safe, sterile medicines that are appropriate for the patient by following standards and guidelines.

Australian Pharmacist examines the controversy that still surrounds menopausal hormone treatment and how pharmacists can help to quell it.