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Pharmac has awarded a sole supply agreement for blood glucose meters to Kiwi medical technology company Pharmaco NZ Ltd.
 

A retired pharmacist's journey to research the lives of New Zealand pharmacists who died in the Great War has taken him to the fields of Western Europe where he discovered one of the fallen's final resting place.

The Huntly West Pharmacy team robed up as mad scientists to promote throat swabbing for rheumatic fever this Halloween.

A teacup ride, merry-go-round and stilt walking clown were among the carnival attractions at the Douglas Pharmaceuticals' 50th birthday celebrations held in West Auckland on Saturday.

The push to operate at the top of their scope sees pharmacists all over New Zealand stepping out of the dispensary to offer new services but, in many places, these services are not funded. Jonathan Chilton-Towle talks to pharmacists going the extra mile

The push to operate at the top of their scope sees pharmacists all over New Zealand stepping out of the dispensary to offer new services but, in many places, these services are not funded. Jonathan Chilton-Towle talks to pharmacists going the extra mile

One hundred years ago last month, Otago pharmacist Harold Dodds died on a muddy field in Belgium.

A ten-minute check was all it took for one pharmacy to determine it had no batches of recalled Maxiclear products.

It sounds like something from science fiction, but shooting fish oil capsules with lasers might hold the key to seeing inside them and detecting potentially harmful levels of oxidisation.