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Rotorua pharmacy owners were incensed and disappointed when they heard the Lakes DHB had approved a Countdown Pharmacy opening in their city

Pharmacist Scott Bowman was censured and ordered to attend therapy sessions by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal due to a noise complaint that escalated explosively in 2017 

The discount pharmacy clash continues, with cut-price pharmacy Bargain Chemist set to open two new stores early this year to the dismay of many local pharmacists

The Government today announced plans to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of young adults against measles, but the Pharmaceutical Society president worries DHBs may not involve pharmacists in the programme

It is no exaggeration to say Dr Brian Challinor, who has died aged 89, lived a full life

An Auckland Pharmacy owner close to the naval base were evacuees from China are currently being quarantined has seen face masks flying off the shelves. 

Members of Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa - Māori Pharmacists Association, will tomorrow be representing pharmacy at events celebrating Waitangi Day, on the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi

A small-town Louisiana pharmacist solves his son’s tragic murder, then takes down a notorious “pill mill” doctor in what eventually became the worst drug epidemic in US history  

The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, is New Zealand's foundation document. But debate continues about the exact meaning of the treaty text

President of Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā – the Māori Pharmacists Association – Kevin Pewhairangi addresses the original question posed in last issue’s Dispensing Wisdom column – how can pharmacists overcome cultural barriers with Māori – and explains why the tenets of cultural safety are a good place to start in pharmacy