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Paul Larson, owner of Larson’s Pharmacy in Dunedin, speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about his life and career

The pharmacy sector can expect to see this month, the first concrete examples of how pharmacy will fit in to the locality networks promised as part of the country’s health-sector reforms

Trials of free emergency contraceptives are showing strong uptake when provided in pharmacy, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

The Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand is poised to launch a new branch to represent pharmacy technicians.

The Auckland pharmacist intern Assessment Centre scheduled for 9 November has been called off, but the Wellington assessment event will go ahead as planned

The COVID-19 pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to highlight the high number of incorrect prescriptions being sent through the New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service (NZePS), and to finally get something done about the problem

Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield believes pharmacy’s performance during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout shows the sector is ready to expand its vaccination role

Pharmacist interns may find themselves unable to become full-fledged pharmacists this year if the Pharmacy Council decides to postpone their end-of-year assessment until next year, due to lockdown restrictions

Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand president Rhiannon Braund has kept her seat on the society's national executive

Eighteen months after New Zealand's first nationwide Alert Level 4 lockdown, Pharmacy Today reporters Jonathan Chilton-Towle and Anna Lee revisited, in a socially distanced way, pharmacy staff they interviewed last year to see how a year and a half has changed the pandemic landscape