Medicines and Therapies

Antibiotics were offloaded from a flight departing Auckland for Samoa because there wasn't enough room in the hold - a move that has drawn criticism from a pharmacist

As COVID-19 cases rapidly rise, the Government has announced pharmacy will play a part in getting antivirals to as many eligible people as possible 

Deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall has made recommendations to improve accessibility of information about the anti-seizure medicine sodium valproate and the risk it poses to unborn children

Health minister Andrew Little says the days of Pharmac prioritising the cheapest drugs possible over other considerations when making funding decisions are over

MĀORI, ASIAN AND PACIFIC peoples
are far less likely to be prescribed antidepressants
than New Zealand Europeans.

Pharmac welcomes the $191 million increase to its pharmaceutical budget over the next two years. It is already working its way through the medicines options for investment (OFI) list, looking at what agreements it can now make with pharmaceutical suppliers.

After a four-year hiatus, Medicines New Zealand has relaunched its annual Value of Medicines award, this time adding a new award for young scientists worth $30,000

Prescription drugs as well as common over-the-counter products have been hit by COVID-related supply issues on the other side of the world, Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Katrina Azer, a clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, looks at reasons why patients don’t take their medicines correctly and how health professionals can address it

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes discusses the treatment of indigestion and heartburn