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Peter Balle is being remembered as a long-serving Auckland community pharmacist, a devoted father, a lover of good food, wine, and a good laugh. 

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations. 

Not many 23-year-olds would consider owning their own business, but Christchurch pharmacy intern Micah Woodfield has done just that 

Pharmacy sector leaders have been meeting with health authorities to organise support for pharmacies affected by Cyclone Gabrielle

Countdown Pharmacy Bayfair and a pharmacist who used to work there have been reprimanded by the health and disability commissioner for multiple dispensing errors

Green Cross Health regional manager Bronwen Shepherd is calling for volunteers to assist Hawke’s Bay pharmacies in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, which has seriously damaged the region’s power grid

Pharmacies in Northland are dealing with power cuts and blocked roads as Post-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle makes landfall in the Far North this week

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations

Clinical pharmacist facilitators employed by Te Whatu Ora Hawke’s Bay will go on strike on 10 February. 

The controversial practice of conducting unannounced pharmacy audits has been temporarily halted