MedsScan

These reviews provide updates on the international literature on therapeutics. Expert pharmacy practitioners — via Advanced Pharmacy Australia's (AdPha’s) Specialty Practice Groups (SPGs) — scan major peer-reviewed journals in areas relevant to Australian pharmacy practice and present precis on major clinical trials, important pharmacoepidemiology studies and pharmacoeconomic research, and other updates relevant to practice. Interested readers are encouraged to explore the original publications in greater detail. 

The SPG contribution schedule can be accessed here. 

Please see Guidelines for Contributors for advice on the contribution schedule, submission process, and example summaries. 

A template for MedsScan extended submissions can be downloaded here. 

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Recent issues

Issue 1, 2026

Contains contributions from the following SPGs:

• Compounding services
• Emergency medicine
• General medicine
• Infectious diseases
• Mental health
• Nephrology
• Oncology and haematology
• Paediatrics and neonatology
• Pain management
• Pharmacy informatics and technology

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Past issues