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A year ago, pharmacist Andrew Orange left New Zealand to take up a post as chief pharmacist for the Cook Islands

For regular readers of this column, you may remember in my last article I mentioned the story of an unfortunate elephant that met an even more unfortunate end at the hands of Thomas Edison.

The first half of the financial year is almost over – so where are you with your plan? Ask yourself these questions:

The news from Pharmac regarding funded melatonin is good for families with children or adolescents with insomnia secondary to neurodevelopmental disorders.

Slowly and silently, the tectonic forces that shape community pharmacy in New Zealand, have been moving under our feet and are beginning to make their presence felt

When purchasing a fixed asset in your business that has a useful life of over 12 months, you will be able to claim the cost of the asset over time as it is used within the business.

This claim is called “depreciation”.

Competition is a funny word. It’s a word that evokes emotion every time it’s uttered, and leaves the listener with feelings of ambivalence.

Had Diana Phone turned her back on pharmacy, as she once felt tempted to do, it would have been a sad loss for the profession