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Pharmac has been forced to delay the upcoming brand switch for the antidepressant fluoxetine and remove its stat dispensing status after its new supplier experienced manufacturing issues

For two decades, Whangarei pharmacist Iain Buchanan has spent four days a year touring the beautiful Northland countryside on his bike as part of the annual BDO Tour of Northland race

A pharmacist has been ordered to complete palliative care best practice training and write a letter of apology after making several mistakes when dispensing a terminally ill woman’s pain medication

The reclassification of codeine-containing medicines will go ahead this year after the final objection to the change was determined to be invalid. 

The coronavirus incident management team looks set to release specific advice to help pharmacists deal with any potential cases of infection

Rotorua pharmacy owners were incensed and disappointed when they heard the Lakes DHB had approved a Countdown Pharmacy opening in their city

Pharmacist Scott Bowman was censured and ordered to attend therapy sessions by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal due to a noise complaint that escalated explosively in 2017 

The Government today announced plans to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of young adults against measles, but the Pharmaceutical Society president worries DHBs may not involve pharmacists in the programme

Members of Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa - Māori Pharmacists Association, will tomorrow be representing pharmacy at events celebrating Waitangi Day, on the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi

More than 100 pharmacies have started offering measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations to patients meeting specific eligibility criteria