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When the first Chemist Warehouse opened in Auckland, the discount pharmacy giant was tipped to swiftly dominate the New Zealand pharmacy market, as it has done in Australia where it has more than 400 stores. A year and a half later, there are five stores in Auckland, with a least one more opening soon

Pharmacists around New Zealand are banding together to access funding under the new pharmacy services contract

An Auckland pharmacist who co-owns 12 North Island pharmacies has been fined and censured by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal for failing to meet recertification requirements over an extended period

A woman has been arrested and police are seeking a man in relation to an incident of prescription fraud in Southland

Pharmac’s proposed medicine funding overhaul is a PR stunt offering little action to address funding for medicines New Zealanders need, critics say 

The resignation of Green Cross Health chief financial officer Steve Browning was announced this week by the board

Chemist Warehouse in Australia is in damage control over an ad for a discounted ‘Mummy makeover’ cosmetic surgery overseas trip, which appeared on the back of shoppers’ dockets.

More than 1000 units of Weleda baby teething and colic powder have been taken off the shelves after the discovery of a contamination hazard earlier this month

Work is continuing on a proposal by Auckland region DHBs to limit the number of pharmacies able to provide age-related residential care services in the face of concerns about inflexibility and potential loss of jobs