March 2025

A pharmacy in Clevedon lost internet access for 36 hours last month. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

PSNZ IS EXPLORING WAYS to keep three training courses free after losing funding from Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora.

NEW ZEALAND IS reviewing its rules on paracetamol in the wake of an Australian decision to restrict the number of pills in a pack.

A pharmacist has been criticised by the Health and Disability Commissioner for failing to conduct proper checks when dispensing a blister pack, resulting in a patient being given the wrong doses of blood pressure medication.

Locum Jun Combridge has created a pharmacy-specifc jobs app. Jody Hopkinson reports

THE AUSTRALIAN PHARMACY brands Sigma and Chemist Warehouse successfully merged last month, creating a single healthcare company worth an estimated A$34 billion.

Jody Hopkinson speaks to Firas Mudafar, an Auckland-based pharmacist and owner of Onehunga Family Pharmacy. He also works as a business strategist and coach in the health sector

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer looks at how pharmacogenetics may be able to reduce inequities

Medsafe group manager Chris James looks at ways the agency can improve efficiency with the medicines-approval process

From luxurious facial creams to vitamin gummy sachets, independent pharmacy retail consultant Tina Hillier gives her reviews