Medicines and Therapies

New Australian data highlights a big public health problem

Patients in Northland’s secluded Hokianga region could be the first in the country to have their medications delivered by drone if a planned trial goes ahead

The  makers  of  a  new  medicine  delivery  app  are  promising  to  offer  convenience  to  customers  who  are  too  time-poor  to  go  to  community  pharmacy,  as  well  as  teaching  people  to  take  their  medications  on  time

The clear separation between where people get their HIV meds and everything else pharmacy-related is something pharmacy needs to think about, according to pharmacist and AUT lecturer Charon Lessing

Urgent restructuring of medicines management services is needed to address profound inequity in access to prescription medicines for Māori patients

University of Otago researchers are testing vitamin C as a treatment for sepsis in Christchurch ICU patients

The future is now for genomic medicine, says early adopter GP William Ferguson, as he calls on other doctors to educate themselves

A Rodney man charged with planting prescription pills in two McDonald’s sundaes has had his first court appearance

A 22-year-old man has been charged after prescription pills were found inside McDonald’s sundaes

Dunedin pharmacists are hitting back at claims they are charging prostate cancer patients too much for sildenafil