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New Zealanders gathered around their televisions last night with a growing sense of déjà vu, as prime minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield held a press conference following the confirmation of three COVID-19 community cases in Auckland

Central Dunedin pharmacy owners are braced for the arrival of discount pharmacy chain Bargain Chemist

In last year’s ­referendum on the End of Life Choice Act, New Zealanders voted overwhelmingly to legalise euthanasia

Former Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael has moved his ­award-winning Pharmacy 547 in central Hamilton and merged its staff and services with nearby Anglesea Pharmacy

The Pharmacy Guild will ask DHBs to boost funding to cover the expected rise in costs created for pharmacy owners by the Government’s proposed expansion of sick leave entitlements. 

Rhiannon Braund has become president of the Pharmaceutical Society at an especially turbulent time. Jonathan Chilton-Towle  speaks to her about the goals she will strive for during her presidency

Medsafe is following up with Pak’nSave supermarket chain after one of its stores was caught offering bulk discounted sales of paracetamol

The Ministry of Health has ­revealed only 4150 of 350,000 MMR vaccines bought last year for a targeted programme have been administered since July 2020, and only 45 by pharmacist vaccinators 

The online platform supporting the Pharmacy Council’s pharmacist recertification in New Zealand is nearing completion this month

Rhiannon Braund has become president of the Pharmaceutical Society at an especially turbulent time. Jonathan Chilton-Towle  speaks to her about the goals she will strive for during her presidency