Business

A sunscreen maker is being referred to the Commerce Commission for allegedly breaking a legal undertaking to meet a voluntary code on the quality and safety of one of its products

A top marginal tax rate for individuals of 39 per cent of earnings above $180,000 may have implications for pharmacy owners who accumulate profits over the years, writes Jonathan Roberts, Auckland director of accountancy firm Moore Markhams 

Like many pharmacies in the country’s tourist spots, Fiordland Pharmacy has suffered a downturn in turnover as a result of international travel restrictions.

With discounters eating into profits, funding that doesn’t cover business overheads and the higher cost of doing business, it’s no wonder the closure of small, independent pharmacies is predicted. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates the sustainability of the sector to identify the pressure points and opportunities

ReCare, a digital tool that helps pharmacies offer more clinical services, is now serving as a prompt for pharmacists to talk to unvaccinated patients and alert them to potential medicine harm incidents

With discounters eating into profits, funding that doesn’t cover business overheads and the higher cost of doing business, it’s no wonder the closure of small, independent pharmacies is predicted. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates the sustainability of the sector to identify the pressure points and opportunities

Continuing the four part series for prospective pharmacy purchasers, in his latest instalment of business advice for pharmacies, Oak Park Chartered Accountants director Hugh Lopdell chats about buying a pharmacy: the first two years 

ReCare, a digital tool that helps pharmacies offer more clinical services, is now serving as a prompt for pharmacists to talk to unvaccinated patients and alert them to potential medicine harm incidents

From selling fish on the side of the road as a high-school dropout to working to eliminate inequitable access to funded medicines, Andrea Copeland’s journey hasn’t always been straightforward

Eight months on from the original announcement of an $18 ­million COVID fund for pharmacy, $431,875 has now been allocated