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A “bug” has prompted Te Whatu Ora to delay this weekend’s planned switchover to the new $38 million Aotearoa Immunisation Register for another week

The maker of the Maxigesic pain relief medication says demand for the drug is strong with the company reporting higher bottom line profit and revenue.

Anti-vax GP Jonie Girouard should undergo a competency review before she practices in New Zealand again, says health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell

Journalist Alan Perrott speaks to Tony Blakely, the Kiwi public health professor now based in Melbourne, who is leading the royal commission into the COVID-19 response, at the Auckland hotel where the commission has been meeting with sector representatives

Several morphine oral liquids will be running out or expiring over the next few months and this is expected to be “a biggie” for pharmacies. At least one brand switch will be required

The pharmacy sector will gain an additional $8 million in backdated funding this year, after every contract holder agreed to change the contract start date by Te Whatu Ora’s deadline

Antimicrobial resistance has been identified as one of the top-10 threats to human health by WHO, and a small group of hospital pharmacists are leading the charge in New Zealand to combat the growing problem

Thirty-five pharmacy contract holders are yet to sign variation 5 of the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement which will net the sector a combined $8 million in backdated funding if all owners agree by the end of Monday

Dahlia and kava supplements, medicinal herb growing in Taranaki, and a “meatball and spaghetti” compounding method were some of the highlights of Innovation Expo 2023. People were urged to have their say on the Therapeutic Products Act and four suppliers were honoured

Retired specialist GP Tony Hanne is “looking for a miracle” as the hearing to decide his punishment for professional misconduct looms