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As New Zealand enters its third COVID-19 wave, a paediatrician is worried about limited access to antiviral medicines, after hearing some pharmacies are no longer dispensing them

COVID-19 antiviral prescribing advice remains unchanged in New Zealand despite trial evidence that one of the medicines does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths 

The Pharmacy Council is troubled by results showing 53 per cent of intern pharmacists sitting the annual assessment centre last month failed

PSNZ will reduce its fees for part-time pharmacists next year, says president Professor Rhiannon Braund

Pharmacists have until 16 January to have their say on a proposed 4.1 per cent rise in the annual practising certificate fee

Hamilton pharmacy owner Ian McMichael says it was “very satisfying” to attend a ceremony marking new names for a street and a park, instead of names commemorating colonial-era soldiers

A Feilding pharmacist has sold his share of a Whanganui pharmacy and is biking more than 6000 kilometres around the country to raise money for two causes close to his heart 

In Dunedin at least, there appears to be little demand for an early medical abortion (EMA) medicine and few pharmacies seem to be offering it

It is estimated Trikafta could give people with cystic fibrosis up to 27 more years at full health

In our series “A great place to work” Pharmacy Today highlights pharmacies offering a work culture that attracts and retains staff. This month, we visit sunny Picton. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports