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Just over 100 future pharmacists donned their first white coat at the University of Auckland School of Pharmacy on Friday

Associate health minister David Seymour, the minister responsible for Pharmac, has told the drug-buying agency he no longer expects it to consider how it can contribute to embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector

Pseudoephedrine became available for over-the-counter sale for the first time in 13 years on 20 May, after the ACT Party delivered on its election promise to undo the 2011 reclassification of the product as a prescription-only medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what pharmacies have experienced since then

Pharmacy sector trailblazer Natalie Gauld has raised over $20,000 for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand

Woolworths Pharmacy (formerly Countdown Pharmacy) has withdrawn its appeal of the High Court finding that its pharmacy ownership structure was unlawful

A Dunedin pharmacist has been struck off and ordered to pay nearly $100,000 after being found guilty of numerous charges of misconduct

Last month, pharmacies had the worst retail performance of any month since the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2021

Hutt Valley pharmacist Jessica Kim has become the first pharmacist whole-of-life vaccinator

A growing number of pharmacies are starting to offer a private minor-ailments service using the ReCare digital tool. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

Pharmacy representatives and contract holders are extremely disappointed by the 2.51 per cent funding boost Te Whatu Ora intends to offer the sector this year