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The latest Omicron variant BA.5 is fast becoming dominant worldwide, including in New Zealand and Australia. As it continues to surge, reinfection will become increasingly common and this in turn means more people will develop long COVID

Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund says “hand on heart” at least some pharmacies will be supplying the COVID-19 antivirals Paxlovid and Lagevrio without a prescription by 28 July

The resourcefulness of the Taumarunui Unichem team kept their doors open during an extended internet outage 

The Pharmaceutical Society has clarified its call for pharmacists to be authorised to order lab tests

Antibiotics were offloaded from a flight departing Auckland for Samoa because there wasn't enough room in the hold - a move that has drawn criticism from a pharmacist

Pharmacists have called for permission to order lab tests as guidelines are drawn up setting out when they should get a GP involved in giving patients antivirals for early COVID-19

New research will hopefully uncover the drivers behind pharmacist misconduct in New Zealand in order to pre-empt complaints and provide insight into at-risk areas of practices 

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand has confirmed that associate health minister Ayesha Verrall made a mistake yesterday when she said COVID-19 antivirals will soon be made available as pharmacy-only medicines

As COVID-19 cases rapidly rise, the Government has announced pharmacy will play a part in getting antivirals to as many eligible people as possible 

A Medsafe investigation has confirmed no contaminated Lucas’ Papaw Ointment made it into New Zealand, despite a company importing it from Australia outside normal distribution channels