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Pharmacies will not be included in the National party’s new vaccine incentives plan, health spokesperson Shane Reti has confirmed

A woman with a severe penicillin allergy died after being prescribed Augmentin despite multiple safeguards, including a medical alert necklace and prominent warning notes

A Medsafe committee says pholcodine-based dry cough syrups and lozenges, including some Difflam, Duro-Tuss and Pholcodine Linctus products, should be banned 

From April next year, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and cultural safety will be of central importance in the standards pharmacists are expected to maintain

A small shipment of Estradot (oestradiol) patches has arrived in New Zealand

Hospital pharmacists and technicians in New Zealand and Australia have teamed up to share practices, education and knowledge 

NZ First has released a list of campaign commitments, including its health policies, for next month’s general election, but none of them have been costed

Growing demand for pharmacist prescribers has prompted the University of Auckland to ensure more pharmacists can take its prescribing qualification 

Natasha Jojoa Burling explores the emerging field of pharmacogenetics and what it might mean for pharmacy in New Zealand

There’s a renewed call for pharmacy technicians to be registered in New Zealand. Registration is mandatory in the Cook Islands and the UK, but not in this country.