News
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NT community pharmacy excellence honoured
Friday | Dec 5 2025OUTSTANDING contributors to community pharmacy in the Northern Territory were recognised last night at the Pharmacy Guild of Australia's 2026 Northern Territory National Pharmacy Awards.
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Allied health digital connectivity plan released
Friday | Dec 5 2025THE Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing have released a national plan to help the allied health workforce share key health information between themselves, their patients and multidisciplinary care partners, enabling more connected care.
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Maximise your day
Friday | Dec 5 2025NEW Maxofen from Nova Pharmaceuticals combines paracetamol and ibuprofen for double-action relief from acute pain and fever.
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Final My Chemist transforms to Amcal
Friday | Dec 5 2025CHEMIST Warehouse Group marked a significant and sentimental milestone yesterday, with Reservoir My Chemist becoming the final store in a network of more than 20 locations to complete the transition to Amcal .
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Cancer Council kids sunscreen recall
Friday | Dec 5 2025VITALITY Brands Worldwide is recalling three batches of Cancer Council Sunscreen Clear Zinc Kids SPF50 110g due to the potential for the product to become separated.
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Migraine affects 1.7 million Aussies, shows new AIHW data
Friday | Dec 5 2025DATA from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) published today reveals that around 2.2 million Australians were living with a long-term neurological condition in 2022, with migraine - which affects 1.7 million people - the most common.
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Save the date
Friday | Dec 5 2025THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) 2026 national conference will take place from 31 Jul - 02 Aug at the ICC in Sydney, with further details to come.
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Dispensary Corner 05 Dec 25
Friday | Dec 5 2025THE knives are out for one of society's biggest menaces to public health and medicine - social media influencers.
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New Tas interstate scripts law
Thursday | Dec 4 2025THE Poisons Act Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Bill 2025 has passed in the Tasmanian Legislative Council, allowing Tasmanian pharmacists to dispense prescriptions written by interstate practitioners, a move welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).
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Social frailty link to dementia
Thursday | Dec 4 2025NEW research led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at the University of NSW has found that older adults experiencing social frailty face a significantly higher risk of developing dementia.
