Research

Natural products manufacturer HoneyLab has been able to bypass restrictions on making health claims about natural products by getting three of its honey products reclassified as medical devices

The make-up of recreational “polypills” being seized by police at music festivals is concerning scientists working to reduce drug user harm 

Pharmacist and PhD candidate Robert Haua (Ngāi Te Rangi) has won the first School of Pharmacy Doctoral Publication Excellence award

An Otago study estimates up to half of the daily activities of a pharmacy are carried out without remuneration. 

New Zealand researchers are developing a COVID-19 medicine based on ACE2, a human enzyme which is key to the new coronavirus’ cell-entry mechanism 

We don’t know much about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but we are learning new things about it every day

Contact tracing needs to increase three- or four-fold as long as the COVID-19 coronavirus remains a health threat, Dr Ayesha Verrall's audit has found

An “important reduction” in the overall availability of tobacco would be achieved if sales were restricted to liquor stores, petrol stations or pharmacies, new University of Otago research shows.  

Otago researchers have managed to ­enrol more than 1000 patients in their study into the health impacts of the $5 prescription fee.

Researchers in the United States have unveiled the structure of the “spike protein” of 2019-nCoV – the virus behind the current coronavirus disease outbreak