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Most Kiwi pharmacists will have heard of products such as Pamol and Eltroxin, but they may not be aware of the company behind these popular brands – Aspen Pharmacare New Zealand

The Napier pharmacy trialling the instore virtual-doctor service, Doctor2Go, has found patients are very interested in the concept but not so much in using it.

The number of influenza vaccines delivered in pharmacies has shot up since 2016 with more than 75,000 distributed to pharmacies so far this year

Medicine shortages are increasing worldwide, especially in Europe and the US where stocks of hundreds of medicines are low at any given time

Countdown Pharmacy has dropped prescription fees at 29 of its 30 New Zealand pharmacies, with only its Invercargill business retaining the copayment

With the cold and flu season in full swing, Unichem and Life pharmacists are doing their bit to take pressure off the healthcare system by triaging patients suffering from sore throats

It’s Heart Rhythm Week and pharmacists are encouraged to check customers’ pulses to detect atrial fibrillation  

A Havelock North pharmacy has been voted favourite local health or fitness provider for the third time in three years 

The NHS is trialling a new way of treating minor illnesses

Rotorua pharmacy owner Cameron Monteith was elected president of the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand at the organisation’s AGM earlier this month