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Medicines and Pharmacy

Pharmacy organisations

Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) 
The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is the national accreditation authority for
pharmacy education and training. It operates under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) working with the Pharmacy Board of Australia

NPS MedicineWise 
NPS MedicineWise is an independent, not-for-profit, evidence-based and consumer-centred organisation, working to improve the way health technologies, medicines and medical tests are prescribed and used.

NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group (NSW TAG)
New South Wales Therapeutic Advisory Group is an independent, not-for-profit member-based organisation, comprised of clinical pharmacologists, pharmacists, nurses and clinicians committed to promoting quality use of medicines (QUM) in NSW public hospitals and the wider community.

Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA)
Supported by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), the Pharmacy Board of Australia registers pharmacists and students. The PBA also develops standards, codes and guidelines for the pharmacy profession.  

Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) 
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) is the national professional organisation for more than 5,200 pharmacists, pharmacist interns, students, technicians and associates working across Australia’s health system.

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is Australia's regulatory authority for therapeutic goods. It carries out a range of assessment and monitoring activities to ensure therapeutic goods available in Australia are of an acceptable standard with the aim of ensuring that the Australian community has access, within a reasonable time, to therapeutic advances.