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Lessons learned in multicultural neighbourhoods of London, have been brought home and applied to services for Pacific people and other ethnic minority groups in the Waikato region. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Pharmacists dispensing gout-preventing allopurinol without a prescription is one step closer to reality following the latest Medicines Classification Committee meeting

The New Zealand Medical Association is opposing a proposed expansion of the number of medicines pharmacist prescribers can prescribe

A Christchurch health food company has been fined $377,000 after pleading guilty to misleading the public about the origin of ingredients in its royal jelly supplements

There is not yet a date for when the legislation replacing the Medicines Act 1981 will be introduced to Parliament

The common reason DHBs give for granting contracts to pharmacies offering free prescriptions is that they improve access to medicine, often for high-needs communities. Reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle takes a hard look at the data across New Zealand

Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) has announced it will be closing its Auckland manufacturing facilities costing around 150 jobs

The common reason DHBs give for granting contracts to pharmacies offering free prescriptions is that they improve access to medicine, often for high-needs communities. Reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle takes a hard look at the data across New Zealand

The Pharmacy Council responded live to questions and criticisms of its new recertification system on the Health Media’s Popcorn Panel last month.

There is not yet a date for when the legislation replacing the Medicines Act 1981 will be introduced to Parliament