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Pharmacy sector leaders and a major medicines manufacturer have collaborated to create a new guidance document to help pharmacists follow correct procedures when supplying sildenafil without a prescription

Health and Disability System Review Panel members who disagreed with chair Heather Simpson say commissioning powers for Māori must be part of implementing the review’s recommendations 

Well-known pharmacist and e-pharmacy pioneer, Paul Cressey, died on June 24 following a tragic accident.

The Pharmaceutical Society is asking the Pharmacy Council to delay its proposed changes to the pharmacist recertification process until 2022 and is backing its request with results from a recent survey of the profession. 

Green Cross Health’s full year financial results prove the company is holding its own despite the intense competition faced by its pharmacy division

The Government has extended the waiver allowing pharmacies to dispense non-NZePS (New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service) prescriptions without a physical prescriber signature for another three months

GP researches his patients’ experiences switching from branded to generic antidepressant 

Plastic bags are banned in New Zealand but why are some large retailers like Chemist Warehouse still able to hand them out?

The tourism industry has been dealt a savage blow by border closures. Ruth Brown checks the pulse of pharmacies in some of our most popular destinations 

Wellington pharmacist Laura Dowd works at Clive’s Chemist in Wainuiomata and is planning to head to Australia to take on a PhD at Monash University. There, she hopes to continue her hobby of exploring under the sea. Jonathan Chilton-Towle chats to Laura about scuba-diving