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The new formulation of Bonjela for infants  has been listed as a medical device with Medsafe and it is available to consumers now for infants aged over six months through supermarkets and pharmacies

Today Pharmac released a discussion paper titled Funding of Paediatric Cancer Treatments in New Zealand

Te Pātaka Whaioranga Pharmac is seeking feedback on rule 8.1b of the Pharmaceutical Schedule – a unique exception that means any medicine currently used to treat cancer in a paediatric setting is automatically funded without a Pharmac assessment

Researchers have finally found direct links between low skeletal muscle mass and dementia, reinforcing the importance of maintaining muscle mass as people age for physical and mental functions

Pharmac today has announced the decision to fund ramipril (branded as Tryzan), an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions. The medicine will be funded without restriction and prescribed for any relevant use from 1 December 2022

Pharmac today has announced a consultation on widening access to the meningococcal B vaccine (branded as Bexsero) which would give thousands of young people and infants protection against meningococcal B disease

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand’s chief executive Margie Apa says the report from the Planned Care Taskforce, released today, represents long term and lasting differences to the way planned care services are delivered across New Zealand’s hospitals and health system

Today the Office of the Chief Coroner released the annual provisional suspected suicide statistics via the Ministry of Health interactive webtool, which provides a single comprehensive source of information on both provisional and confirmed deaths by suicide in Aotearoa New Zealand

Transformation of pharmaceutical education, which includes expansion of the number of pharmaceutical education institutions globally and a large shift to online learning, is one of several major current trends in pharmacy identified by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Board of Pharmaceutical Practice