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Time to train, says Vic PSA
Wednesday | Dec 3 2025THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is encouraging Victorian pharmacists to enrol in its Prescribing Scope of Practice Training Program, which is now accepting enrolments.
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CSL opens cell-based vaccine facility
Wednesday | Dec 3 2025CSL Seqirus opened its new high-tech cell-based influenza vaccine and antivenom manufacturing facility in Melbourne yesterday, with Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing Mark Butler in attendance to cut the ribbon.
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GLP-1RA safety updates
Tuesday | Dec 2 2025THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has updated product warnings for GLP-1 and dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists for two separate safety issues, based on investigations by the TGA and international regulators.
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The way forward for social prescribing
Tuesday | Dec 2 2025PAUL Sinclair, President of the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP), addressed last week's EACH25 international social prescribing conference (PD 21 Nov), outlining the potential role of pharmacy and pharmacists in addressing the social determinants of health.
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Awards and celebrations as MM2025 wraps up
Tuesday | Dec 2 2025AS THE Medicines Management conference - marked by near-record attendance - closed out on Saturday, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) celebrated members' honours, achievements and conference awards.
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Workforce shortage crisis
Monday | Dec 1 2025ADVANCED Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has released a new report revealing an innovative and diversifying profession hamstrung by resourcing pressures, which restricts equitable access to essential hospital care.
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Preventable hospitalisations cost $7.7b
Monday | Dec 1 2025THE Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released new data on the cost of potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) in Australia, revealing that there were about 788,000 PPH in 2023-24 costing $7.7 billion and accounting for more than 3 million hospital bed days across Australia.
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AdPha’s MM2025 kicks off
Friday | Nov 28 2025ADVANCED Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) launched Medicines Management 2025 - Australia's largest scientific pharmacy conference - this morning, with President Associate Professor Tom Simpson providing delegates with an overview of organisation's achievements over the last year, and the future direction for AdPha and hospital pharmacy.
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PSA launches new aged care summit
Friday | Nov 28 2025THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) will hold its inaugural Aged Care Pharmacist Summit next year, bringing together Australia's leaders in aged care to champion the role of pharmacists in protecting older Australians from medicine-related harm and maximising quality of life.
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Call for T1D screening
Thursday | Nov 27 2025MEDICAL experts and advocates are calling for nationwide screening for type 1 diabetes (T1D), with new screening methods capable of identifying the condition years before symptoms appear.
