Australia

Australian pharmacists may soon be able to sell some medicinal cannabis products without a prescription following a recent decision from the Therapeutic Goods Administration

New laws targeting health practitioners who harass AHPRA complainants are likely after the failed attempt by a GP to murder a pharmacist who had reported him to the watchdog

In an unprecedented move, the Pharmacy Guild has postponed APP2020 following advice from health officials on Friday morning regarding the risk of COVID-19

One of Australia's most powerful movers and shakers, the Guild donated more than ever during the last financial year

Pharmacy Alliance has established a bushfire appeal, aiming to raise $250,000 to support bushfire affected pharmacies in providing free medication and personal care items to their communities

The Australian Medical Association has been lobbying the Government to relax pharmacy ownership rules across the Tasman, and there are fears this will be bad for patients, not just independent pharmacies

Pharmacists around Australia would be paid to perform patient consultations for lower back pain, reflux and migraine, under a scheme being pitched to the Government

The roles of doctors and pharmacists were not clearly differentiated until recently - the role of the pharmacist was gradually limited to dispensing during the 20th century

Nyamuragira and nitrofurantoin – one is an antibiotic used to treat urinary tract infections and one is a volcano that recently erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A team from the University of Auckland has won the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s annual business plan competition