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The number of people taking funded dulaglutide (Trulicity) has doubled in New Zealand over the past two years and the diabetes medicine is in short supply again, along with its alternative, Victoza (liraglutide). Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

There have been 5872 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the past week, and 19 further deaths attributed to the virus. Of the new cases, 1364 were probable cases

Pharmacy representatives deciding on the scope of a services advice group are keen to get cracking and hope the group will have some teeth this time around. 

This blood clot syndrome is known as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). In people with this condition, something goes wrong with the immune response and people make antibodies that can stick to one of the body’s own proteins

A pharmacy group that lobbied for the $5 prescription fee to be dropped is optimistic that the final election result will make it harder for the new Government to reintroduce the fee

The Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand is asking the Pharmacy Council to reduce the Annual Practising Certificate fee for pharmacists working part time

With smoking rates declining, some pharmacies are seeing individual patients buying up large quantities of the smoking cessation product Habitrol. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

A spike in the number of preschoolers being hospitalised for illnesses that should have been picked up earlier is worrying, an Auckland GP says

Outreach vaccinators Georgina Tucker and Chris Leung spend a lot of their days vaccinating Auckland babies and toddlers in their homes as part of the Rapid Response Home Visiting Team for the Uri Ririki- Child Health Connection Centre. They tell Paulette Crowley why their job is such a privilege

AFT Pharmaceuticals has been found by the High Court at Auckland to have breached its fiduciary duty to PBL Solutions over the development of the drug Pascomer, although the court also found no dishonest conduct on the part of AFT