PSA-Campaign

The “Show Us Your Lungs!” campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of looking after your lungs and acting promptly if experiencing symptoms of lung disease. Celebrity advocate, John Jarratt, has put his weight behind the campaign…

Appeal to the Cosmeceutical Entrepreneur for Self-Discipline to Follow the Legislation of Pharmacist

Appeal to the Cosmeceutical Entrepreneur for Self-Discipline to Follow the Legislation of Pharmacists Personally Practice in the Stores! Author/Wen GuoXiong (Chairman of Community Pharmacy Committee) According to the recent report that New Taipei…

Summer in the Snowys-High Education in The High Country

Interpretation of Literature NSAIDs and CV risk Glitazones and CV riskCalcium and CV risk Lately the news has been full of warnings about NSAIDs, glitazones and calcium. But evidencebasedmedicine requires judicious use of current best evidence…

Pharmacist Coalition Calls For Greater Recognition of Pharmacist Roles

14th October 2011 by PCHR The Pharmacist Coalition for Health Reform has welcomed the Labor Party Caucus Health Committee’s description of pharmacy professionals as the “vital link” in the Australian health system. Speaking at the Pharmacy…

Pharmacists Active in Supporting Consumer Care

19 October 2011 The National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Mr Grant Kardachi, said today that “the professional role of the pharmacist is critical to any patient support program.“PSA prefers an approach where…

PSA Helping Pharmacists Provide Best Mental Health Services

16 October 2011 The release of figures showing that 29 million prescriptions were dispensed last year for mental health-related conditions is a stark reminder of the key role that pharmacists can and should play in what is widely accepted to…

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee Progress Report

12 October 2011 The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee (APPFSC) is a profession-wide collaborative forum of 11 organisations which commenced work in March following a review of the competency standards for pharmacists.…

PGA Newsletter Vol.1 No.23,19th October 2011

The Pharmacy Guild has rejected a report in the some Fairfax newspapers today which claims pharmacists are paid “kickbacks” to promote some prescription medicines. This is totally false.There is no legitimate comparison between the Pfizer…

PGA Newsletter Vol.1 No.22,12th October 2011

The Lung Foundation is calling on Australians to “Show Us Your Lungs!” and take lung health seriously as the gap in peoples’ perception of their lung health and the reality of their condition is of concern to medical experts and peak…

Appeal to the Cosmeceutical Entrepreneur for Self-Discipline to Follow the Legislation of Pharmacist

Appeal to the Cosmeceutical Entrepreneur for Self-Discipline to Follow the Legislation of Pharmacists Personally Practice in the Stores! Author/Wen GuoXiong (Chairman of Community Pharmacy Committee) According to the recent report that New Taipei…