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Promisia CEO Rene de Wit has slammed a new study examining the toxicity of a herbal extract found in the company’s natural dietary supplement Arthrem, following a reports of liver harm (hepatotoxicity)

The $5 prescription fee is known to be a barrier to patients accessing medicines; but, for the first time, a University of Otago study is measuring the impact the fees have on patients’ health

The body representing New Zealand’s fledgling medicinal cannabis industry is welcoming the long-awaited regulations that will govern the sector

Former Pharmaceutical Society president Elizabeth Plant has joined a new Bay of Plenty-based medicinal cannabis venture, Eqalis

Rhiannon Braund has become the first female pharmacist to be made a professor at the University of Otago

University of Otago researchers are calling on pharmacists to help them enrol patients from regions across the country in their study 

 Millions of people are using cannabis for medical reasons, whether prescribed by doctors or off their own bat

There is enormous potential for community pharmacies to reduce inequities by improving access for disabled people, says University of Auckland pharmacology PhD candidate Jason Zhou 

The availability of pharmaco­genomic testing is limited in New Zealand, but a University of Otago study points to its efficacy for psychiatric drugs in particular

Hospital pharmacists are going “Back to the Future” in Auckland today, with the movie-themed New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association conference officially opening this afternoon