Medsafe

Official information on non-steroidal anti-inflammatories is changing, to make people more aware of the drugs’ cardiovascular risk 

More than 1000 units of Weleda baby teething and colic powder have been taken off the shelves after the discovery of a contamination hazard earlier this month

Kaikoura Pharmacy owner David McKee has spent many years feeling frustrated and annoyed over what he sees as potentially unsafe sales of the motion sickness medicine Sea-Legs (meclozine)

The date for the reclassification of codeine coming into force will not be 31 January 2020, Medsafe group manager Chris James says

The industry body representing medicines manufacturers is concerned a lack of clarity around the upcoming codeine-containing medicines reclassification may result in a situation like the recent dextromethorphan-containing medicines “shambles”

The pharmacy sector has less than three weeks to have a say on the draft Therapeutic Products Bill, which has the potential to change the way pharmacies are licensed and operated

The latest pharmacy audit results show some improvement but Medsafe says it is still observing a lower standard of practice than expected

The Pharmacy Council and Medsafe have signed a memorandum of understanding to make it easier for the organisations to share information and subsequently do a better job as regulators

The makers of Arthrem have appeared in Wellington District Court

Last week’s surprise change to cough medicine classifications will result in more than 200,000 products being recalled and cost manufacturers hundreds of thousands of dollars, a pharmaceutical industry body says.