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The Community Pharmacy Leaders Forum (CPLF) consists of the leaders of national and local community pharmacy organisations and was recently relaunched, with all participating leaders embracing the need to work together to deliver on common priorities to ensure New Zealanders have timely access to quality healthcare

Douglas Pharmaceuticals, New Zealand’s largest privately owned pharmaceutical company, announces the launch of Winlevi® (clascoterone cream 1%) following regulatory approval by Medsafe.¹ Winlevi® provides healthcare professionals with a novel topical treatment for patients aged 12 years and older with acne vulgaris

Outdated regulations stopping trained medical professionals from learning about new medicines through trade show advertising are out of step with other countries and disadvantage New Zealanders, Regulation Minister David Seymour, Health Minister Simeon Brown and Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston say

More than 900 newly qualified health professionals are set to receive financial support to kick-start their careers, Health Minister Simeon Brown says

Regulations that will soon allow podiatrists to prescribe certain medicines have been approved, giving patients with painful foot and leg conditions better access to healthcare, Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced

Physiotherapy patients are waiting too long to be allowed to return to work, likely costing ACC millions of dollars in compensation payments it should not be paying because of delays in getting GPs to sign return to work certificates

The Government is making changes to prescriber regulations, giving New Zealanders better access to medicines, Health Minister Simeon Brown and Associate Health Minister David Seymour say

Pfizer New Zealand and BioNTech announce Medsafe’s consent for JN.1-adapted COVID-19 vaccine and its availability from January 2025. The updated COVID-19 vaccine can be given to adults and children 6 months and older

Associate Health Minister David Seymour is welcoming Cabinet’s decision to enable medicines to be approved in less than 30 days if the product has approval from two recognised overseas jurisdictions

Today, the newly formed New Zealand Pharmacy Sector Leaders Forum (PSLF) has released a common purpose statement