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A High Court judge has declared that Countdown’s corporate pharmacy ownership model does not meet the legal requirement that a pharmacist owner has effective control of their pharmacy

Nearly 70 per cent of the intern pharmacists who last year failed their clinical exams and resat in May have now passed

Eighty-eight pharmacy owners in areas excluded from the minor ailments scheme have signed letters asking health minister Ayesha Verrall to expand the programme nationwide

Several candidates standing for the Pharmacy Guild board are calling for the guild to review its election processes after incumbent candidates possibly used guild member email lists for their own re-election campaigns

Documents released under the Official Information Act show a single South Island pharmacy owner who had enough was the catalyst for the controversial unannounced audits programme being halted and put under review. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

Wow, what a month for pharmacy. 

Pharmacists around New Zealand are ecstatic that the $5 prescription fee has been removed in the 2023 Budget. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Documents released under the Official Information Act show a single South Island pharmacy owner who had enough was the catalyst for the controversial unannounced audits programme being halted and put under review. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

JAPANESE BEER MAKER Kirin Holdings has purchased Australian supplements manufacturer Blackmores.

A petition asking health minister Ayesha Verrall to expand the new pharmacy minor ailments scheme to all parts of New Zealand has gained over 180 signatures since it was launched yesterday