A NEW ZEALAND supplement derived from dahlia flowers that supports healthy blood sugar levels has been granted a patent for the US, with patents for other countries in the pipeline.
The Auckland and Otago pharmacy schools are getting funding for a combined 80 places on their pharmacist prescriber courses. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports
A recent poll suggests 86 per cent of people support or strongly support keeping prescriptions free for everyone. Even those who back the new Coalition Government parties are largely in favour of not reintroducing the charges.
Across the Tasman, the pharmacy giants Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare have reached an agreement to join their operations. Will the Australia mega-merger impact pharmacy in New Zealand? Natasha Jojoa Burling reports
Cosmetics containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or ‘forever chemicals’ will be banned from being imported or manufactured in New Zealand from 31 December 2026
Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund, currently a professor at the University of Otago, will lead the University of Waikato’s pharmacy school, as Natasha Jojoa Burling reports