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Auckland hospital pharmacist Michael Hammond is the new president of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

Former deputy prime minister Paula Bennett has been appointed Pharmac’s new board chair, as the Government pledged to boost the agency’s funding by around $400 million a year over the next four years

Dispensing data for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments

The legal battle over pharmacy ownership rules that has the potential to void the licences of over a third of New Zealand’s pharmacies will resume in September

Auckland hospital pharmacist Michael Hammond is the new president of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand

Te Whatu Ora has told pharmacy sector leaders it is preparing for the $5 prescription fee to be returned on 1 July

Pharmacy Council chair Arthur Bauld has been re-elected to the position for the third time

Pharmacists have elected two new members to the Pharmaceutical Society’s national executive

The proportion of COVID-19 vaccinations given by community pharmacies has rocketed ahead of other providers. Pharmacies are also now the second biggest providers of flu jabs. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

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