The head of a group representing manufacturers of OTC medicines says the impending reclassification of codeine-containing products will remove an important pain management option from pharmacies
University of Auckland researchers are seeking feedback on the practice of diluting oral methadone solutions from pharmacists providing opioid substitution treatment
Some pharmacies are already down to their last packs of funded paracetamol 500mg tablets, after Pharmac announced on Friday that the national stock of the painkiller is about to run dry
Medicinal cannabis should be available through pharmacies before the end of this year, says Sally King who heads the body representing New Zealand’s fledgling medicinal cannabis industry
The Medicines Classification Committee will tomorrow consider a proposal to reclassify the Human Papillomavirus vaccine so pharmacist vaccinators can offer it without a prescription
The Health and Disability System Review panel’s vision for community-based services includes more integration, a funding ringfence and fewer DHBs. Jonathan Chilton-Towle asks what, if anything, it means for the pharmacy sector