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A pharmacist has been criticised by the deputy health and disability commissioner after she failed to inform a patient of the potential side effects an incorrectly dispensed medication could have during pregnancy

Pharmacist educator Liz Johnstone has retired from the Pharmaceutical Society after nearly 20 years of working full time there and has also shut the door on a 44-year career in community pharmacy

National MP and leader of the House Chris Bishop says next week Parliament will consider legislation under urgency to reintroduce pseudoephedrine products 

Former North Shore pharmacist and All Black Don McKay was farewelled today in Devonport with a service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, where he was christened. Mr McKay passed away on Waitangi Day at the age of 86 after a long battle with ill health

A long-mooted third medical school is a step forward with the Ministry of Health and the University of Waikato signing a memorandum that kickstarts the business case required by the Coalition Government agreements

Nominations are open for a new executive member of the Pharmaceutical Society to replace outgoing president Rhiannon Braund, who has resigned early

Carlo Marra, dean of the University of Otago’s School of Pharmacy, is leaving his position

Pharmac has delayed making a decision on its proposal to remove the restriction on pharmacist vaccinators giving childhood vaccines

The company that makes Ozempic is trying to stop pharmacists in Australia making their own copycat versions, as a global shortage of the medication bites