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People with epilepsy say their lives are being turned upside down by seizures after the government drug buying agency, Pharmac, pulled funding for their medicines in a cost savings drive

A UK pharmacist who seduced a patient and then dumped him after he helped build her a patio has been suspended for 12 months.

A paper on fish oil supplements published in the New Zealand Medical Journal that was criticised by Natural Health Products New Zealand has been retracted at the authors' request due to calculation errors

Auckland DHB is the medical study, drug and device trials capital of New Zealand, official information shows

Appalling Pasifika health outcomes are being normalised by a medical system that refuses to change, says researcher Debbie Ryan

Three selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are due for brand changes in coming months 

A recent study on fish oil published in the NZMJ is highly inaccurate, Natural Health Products New Zealand says. Its lead author is currently considering the criticisms.

More than 98 per cent of pharmacy contract holders have signed variation 1A of the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement, giving them access to an extra $9.6 million in funding

Tom Ward is saying goodbye to the dispensary after 51 years in the profession and 42 years as owner of Ward's Pharmacy in Dannevirke

A recent change in indication now allows GPs to prescribe the combination medicine Symbicort Turbuhaler for patients with mild asthma