New edition of Australia’s Everyday Guide to Pharmacy Practice – APF22

26 February 2012 The latest edition of Australia’s everyday guide to pharmacy practice, the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and handbook (APF22), is now available and provides an invaluable resource for pharmacists and pharmacy students.…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.8 7th Mar.,2012

The National Prescribing Service (NPS) is urging Australians who are taking statins to continue to take their medicine as prescribed and to see their doctor if they are unsure about the benefits. The recommendation comes in light of regulators…

PGA Newsletter – Vol.2 No.7 29th Feb.,2012

Following reports the first generic version of atorvastatin will be hitting pharmacy shelves soon, the National Prescribing Service (NPS) is urging consumers to be medicinewise when making a choice between medicine brands. NPS CEO Dr Lynn Weekes…

Pharmacy Guilds Sign Memorandum of Understanding

9 March 2012 The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), further strengthening the well-established relationship between the organisations. The Guilds are the national…

Continued Dispensing Passes Through Parliament

1 March,2012 All Australian health care consumers will benefit from the passage through Federal Parliament today of legislation that will allow continued dispensing of some medicines by pharmacists in defined circumstances. The National Health…

Quick Take (04/25/12)

Main News: 1.WPPF President Ware-Asia Pacific National Medicines Policy Meeting 2.WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter-No. 2, 2012 3.WHO-New Plan to Control and Eliminate Measles and Rubella News Update: 1.3Rs For Innovating Novel Antibiotics 2.Response…

Asia Pacific National Medicines Policy Meeting

Asia Pacific National Medicines Policy Meeting -Important For All Pharmacy Associations to Be Represented        WPPF President John Ware and members of the Executive Committee urge the leadership of all the pharmacy organisations in the…

3Rs For Innovating Novel Antibiotics

The dearth of novel antibiotics poses challenges to the treatment of bacterial infection and points to shortcomings in the system of pharmaceutical innovation. In a recently published article in the British Medical Journal, ”3Rs for innovating…

Response to Medias for Selling OTC Drugs Polls in Convenience Stores

Date of Pharmacist Weekly: 101.0402-0408 No.: No.1763 Source: http://www.taiwan-pharma.org.tw/weekly/1763/ Translator: Liu Tingyi Date of Translation: 04252012 Content: In response to the Media published “convenience…

Western Pacific Closes in on Its Measles Elimination Target

MANILA, 23 APRIL 2012 -The World Health Organization is closing in on its goal of eliminating measles in the Western Pacific Region by the end of this year. "The Western Pacific is on track to become the next WHO Region to eliminate measles,"…