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Former pharmacy tutor Diana Drumm is fondly remembered by the pharmacy sector, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

No new pharmacies will be allowed to set up shop in Northland, Hawke’s Bay and the MidCentral district as the three DHBs work to implement frameworks for how pharmacy services will be contracted

Some pharmacies unknowingly continued to sell products illegally this week after Medsafe announcements failed to filter through

Rationing of the widely used oral contraceptive pill Levlen ED looks set to end on Friday, almost a month earlier than expected

A future generation of pharmacists donned their white coats for the first time at the University of Otago School of Pharmacy white coat ceremony on Saturday

The half-year financial results for Ebos quickly proved unpopular with the market, prompting a drop in the Christchurch-based pharmaceutical and animal meds wholesaler's share price

Complementary medicines expert Shaun Holt agrees with a Consumer NZ report on weight loss that says there is no “magic bullet” for ditching the pounds

Christchurch’s Urgent Pharmacy is closing its doors this month after more than 100 years of meeting the public’s after-hours pharmacy needs

From commissioning custom-made bags to reusing stock boxes, pharmacy staff are preparing ahead of the Government’s planned ban of plastic bags. 

New Zealand’s complementary health products group says ongoing delays to long-promised legislation for their sector is stifling business and export growth