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New appointments to the Pharmacy Council board see it well-placed to continue its role in ensuring high standards of competence in pharmacy, and safe and effective pharmacist practice, chief executive Michael Pead says

Pharmac’s chief medical officer Dr David Hughes has today announced the decision to fund a biosimilar adalimumab (Amgevita), improving access to adalimumab for more than 700 New Zealanders

With almost 90 percent of Aucklanders now fully vaccinated, the vaccination programme for Tāmaki Makurau is transitioning to a more extensive community-based outreach approach to continue to make it easier for people to get their vaccinations

The Southern COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Team has partnered with community pharmacies and general practice in Gore to provide a pop-up vaccination clinic in East Gore

Pharmacist prescribers can now prescribe nearly 200 more medicines enabling New Zealanders to receive better access to medicines

There were 21,192 first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday, made up of 5,103 first doses and 16,089 second doses. To date, 89 percent of New Zealanders have had their first dose and 79 percent are fully vaccinated

The Ministry of Health says ensuring a robust process for those seeking assisted dying is an essential safeguard as part of the new service

The Ministry of Health has today published the specification for the COVID-19 domestic vaccine pass and the verifier specification to the Ministry of Health’s Github account

Pharmac has purchased another new medicine, baricitinib, to treat moderate to severe cases of COVID-19, with 500 courses expected in New Zealand within a matter of weeks

Research led by Dr Jessica Young from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has examined critical challenges that will emerge as the End of Life Choice Act comes into effect on 7 November