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Pharmacy internships ahoy! Pharmacy school cohorts from both Auckland and Otago universities graduated with their Bachelor of Pharmacy degrees at ceremonies held over the last week.  

STI self-testing kits being sold online may be too good to be true, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Te Whatu Ora wants pharmacists to offer more medicines reviews and OTC care and also to strengthen the primary care workforce, including pharmacy, to enable patients to stay well in their communities for longer

People with ADHD are being warned not to share medication, as the country is affected by a worldwide shortage

Retired Auckland specialist GP Tony Hanne appealed his suspension and $12,500 fine for prescribing ADHD drugs without a psychiatrist’s approval in a hearing at the Auckland High Court last week 

A Wellington Hospital pharmacist won the Dr L Berry Award for Best Paper or Poster Overall at the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacist Association Awards, held at the body’s annual conference in Dunedin last month

Pharmacies are seeing a surge in demand for whooping cough vaccinations as infection numbers worsen countrywide

When Donna Skeen started working as a shop assistant in a pharmacy aged 15 years old, pharmacy accuracy checking technicians didn’t exist

No internal control, no discipline and no budgetary understanding; commissioner Lester Levy was pulling no punches regarding what went wrong at Te Whatu Ora

Pharmac will review its decision to enter into a sole supply contract for the Mylan-branded oestradiol patches after an outcry from both the public and health professionals