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The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is delighted at Pharmac’s decision to become one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund the HIV-prevention drug pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

New Plymouth-born pharmacist Gray Barnett has gone to sea.

The auditor-general has advised the Ministry of Health to start measuring whether patient por­tals are delivering the benefits they were expected to

Researchers looking into how an extract from a garden flower could cure diabetes are ready to test the product on humans

Pharmacists have taken a swipe at the new unannounced pharmacy auditing system, with one saying auditors had been “intimidating and rude” when they visited his business.

A new “high-end” pharmacy has opened in Auckland’s CBD, offering Botox, a nail bar and duty-free shopping in efforts to appeal to a new market

The opioid epidemic in America must serve as a warning to New Zealand before it’s too late, a forensic pathologist says

Changes to eight health-related laws mean more health practitioners can issue sick or injury certificates – a job  ­previously only doctors have been considered qualified to do.
 

From humble beginnings as a retail assistant in her local pharmacy during high school, to receiving a Distinguished Practice Award from the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Jane Dawson’s pharmacy career has been far from ordinary.

New chair of Medicines New Zealand, Dr Lee Mathias, says her goal is to use the new position to improve access to breakthrough medicines