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AFT Pharmaceuticals and the medicinal cannabis company SETEK have announced they will collaborate on research, development and commercialisation of medicinal cannabis products

Three Invercargill pharmacists have set up shop in Invercargill’s Very Low Cost Access practice, He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre, introducing a new way for patients to meet copayment costs. 

Two pharmaceutical companies have voluntarily recalled the ranitidine-containing indigestion medication Zantac after a potentially carcinogenic impurity was identified in it last month

The Pharmacy Council received 79 responses to its consultation on raising the annual practising certificate fee, and most of them disagree with the rise

For more than a decade, Grant Bai was a well-known figure in the New Zealand pharmacy sector. Before his resignation last year, he had been the head of Green Cross Health’s pharmacy division for six years. Pharmacy Today reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle caught up with Grant last month to find out what he’s been up to since leaving pharmacy

Sunscreen manufacturers may face stricter regulations under a measure proposed in the new Cancer Action Plan

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.

Open outside of normal business hours and on weekends, with no appointments necessary, pharmacies are well placed to boost public uptake of the measles vaccine, many believe. 

The sight of pedestrians huffing out clouds of sweet-smelling vapour are becoming more common in New Zealand’s towns and cities. Traditionally sold in vape shops, vaping devices are now sold in pharmacies, a move that even has the support of the asthma foundation.