Medsafe

Supermarkets in Auckland were this morning selling dextromethorphan-containing cough medicines at marked-down prices, five days after a sudden law change making these items pharmacist-only

Some pharmacies unknowingly continued to sell products illegally this week after Medsafe announcements failed to filter through

The maker of herbal supplement Arthrem plans to fight charges laid by the Ministry of Health over reports of liver harm linked to the supplement

The third round of audit results are out, and Medsafe auditors still aren’t impressed with practice standards they’re seeing in pharmacies around the country.

The Medicines Classification Committee has recommended melatonin prolonged release 2mg be reclassified from a prescription medicine to a medicine that can be dispensed by specialty-trained pharmacists 

Pharmacy owners thr­oughout New Zea­land are being forced to display expired licences due to processing delays at Medsafe. 

Pharmacy owners thr­oughout New Zea­land are being forced to display expired licences due to processing delays at Medsafe. 

The latest pharmacy quality audit results have identified pharmacists incorrectly supplying the erectile dysfunction medicine sildenafil as an area of concern

Medsafe has strengthened rules around giving codeine-based medicines to children because the harmful effects outweigh the pain treating benefits

Dozens of Australian women have signed up to be part of a class action against the pharmaceutical giant, Bayer, relating to health problems they say were caused by the sterilisation device, Essure