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Feedback on the Therapeutic Products Bill was heard by the health select committee last month. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what pharmacists had to say

Pharmaceutical Society chief executive Richard Townley is retiring after nearly two decades at the helm.

Pharmacists are among 32 health sector roles newly added to an immigration green list aimed at making New Zealand a more attractive destination for foreign workers

Te Whatu Ora has recovered more than $680,000 from pharmacies that claimed inappropriately for the schizophrenia injection paliperidone and says this may not be the only drug incorrectly dispensed and claimed for

WellSouth Primary Health Network has created two new pharmacist roles aimed at improving health outcomes for Māori and Pacific communities in Otago and Southland

THE NEW ZEALAND share market has reacted positively to the news that AFT Pharmaceuticals’ flagship product Maxigesic was approved for sale in the US.

Many pharmacists fear making controlled drugs more available would lead criminals to increasingly target pharmacies at the same time as it potentially worsened opioid addiction problems

Pharmaceutical Society chief executive Richard Townley is retiring after nearly two decades at the helm

Pharmacists will need to judge whether a customer has been “displaced” due to damage inflicted by Cyclone Gabrielle and so be eligible for a prescription fee waiver

Te Whatu Ora has extended the waiver of the $5 prescription fee for displaced people in and from areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle