In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Renowned pharmacist from Gore almost ready to hang up white coat
Tuesday 1 October 2019, 03:00 AM
Long-serving Southland pharmacist Bernie McKone (right) has sold his famous Gore pharmacy to Stephen Gemmill
Southland pharmacist Bernie McKone may have sold his famous Quins Pharmacy and started the process of selling his other pharmacy in Invercargill, but he isn’t slowing down yet. Pharmacy Today reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back over Mr McKone’s storied career, and asks what’s next for the former Pharmaceutical Society president, men’s health advocate and amateur thespian