12/03/2010 | The Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement will not be signed until a dispute over cuts to chemotherapy drugs is solved, Guild president Kos Sclavos has said.
11/01/2010 | Dr Brendan Shaw has been appointed as the new chief executive of Medicines Australia, its board announced today.
18/12/2009 | The first Australian Public Assessment Reports (AusPAR) have been published on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) website, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler has announced.
13/11/2009 | Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has emphasised the responsibility of the over-the-counter medicines industry in making sure that patients were well informed amid calls for greater deregulation of non-prescription drugs.
03/11/2009 | The Government has announced measures to cut its investment in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and save an estimated $48.2 million over four years.
28/10/2009 | The PBS was a model of effectiveness, efficiency, stability and sound management, Medicines Australia chairman Will Delaat told the National Press Club today.
27/10/2009 | The Federal Government has accused the Opposition of "playing political games with the health of Australians" with its attempt to block the creation of the planned National Preventive Health Agency. 1 comment
27/10/2009 | Plans by the TGA to place severe restrictions on the use of cold and cough medicines by children is unwarranted and would make the job of the pharmacist more difficult, according to Pharmaceutical Society of Australia national president Warwick Plunkett.
26/10/2009 | The real time monitoring of pseudoephedrine sales should become compulsory in all pharmacies across Australia, a law enforcement conference in Sydney has resolved.
26/10/2009 | Australia's drug regulator has proposed dramatic restrictions in the use of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines in children.