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Sigma posts strong first half results
Thursday | Feb 26 2026SIGMA Healthcare has recorded strong sales and profit growth in its financial results for the half year ending 31 Dec 2025, which were released today.
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Record flu deaths for 2025
Thursday | Feb 26 2026FIGURES released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have revealed that the number of deaths involving influenza during 2025 was the highest recorded for any year this century.
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Blooms celebrates NT wins
Thursday | Feb 26 2026BLOOMS The Chemist is celebrating excellence in the Northern Territory, with Darwin CBD Plaza and Darwin Galleria pharmacist-owner, Claire Ross (pictured) being crowned Community Pharmacist of the Year at the 2026 Northern Territory National Pharmacy Awards.
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Call to back medicine safety
Wednesday | Feb 25 2026THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is urging the Federal Government to support the delivery of vital medicine safety programs to patients, pointing out that the current situation is increasingly jeopardising the health of vulnerable Australians.
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APP2026 picks for pharmacy assistants
Wednesday | Feb 25 2026JESSICA Brown (pictured), 2025 winner of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award, has shared her must-see sessions for pharmacy assistants at APP2026.
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Psychotropics in aged care
Wednesday | Feb 25 2026AGED care medication experts writing in the Australian Prescriber have highlighted the difficulty in determining what constitutes a psychotropic medicine in the context of ensuring their safe and appropriate use in people with cognitive disability or impairment.
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Vitamin D deficiency linked with RTIs
Wednesday | Feb 25 2026NEW research led by the University of Surrey has indicated that severe vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher rate of hospitalisation for respiratory tract infections (RTIs).
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Pharmx inks deal with Sigma
Tuesday | Feb 24 2026PHARMX Technologies has secured a landmark multi-year strategic alliance with Sigma Healthcare, becoming the preferred Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) service provider across Sigma's wholesale operations and retail outlets in Australia, New Zealand and selected international markets.
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Med cannabis needs more oversight
Tuesday | Feb 24 2026THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provided an overview of responses to its recent medicinal cannabis safety and regulation review (PD 11 Aug 2025), with concerns over lack of awareness surrounding its regulatory status paramount.
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From awareness to action
Monday | Feb 23 2026SHINGLES Awareness Week is rebranding this year to Shingles Action Week, as a result of research showing that knowledge alone is not enough.
