COVID-19

PHARMAC is placing temporary dispensing limits on all funded community medicines from Friday 27 March 2020

The New Zealand Ministry of Health (the Ministry) and the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) are offering the following guidance on maintaining the essential immunisation in the New Zealand National Immunisation Schedule (NIS) during the current Level 4 COVID-19 situation

New Zealand pharmacists, you’re not alone. Pharmacists in many parts of the world are feeling overwhelmed, but that has not put the brakes on their imaginations when it comes to maintaining social distancing

National Hauora Coalition says more than money needed to protect health of Māori in pandemic 

Expert advocates using COVID-19 cases’ cellphone data to accelerate and even automate tracing of their contacts 

Anxious, grumpy, difficult customers are arriving in droves at many pharmacies as the impact of alert level 4 for COVID-19 is felt around the country.

Associate Health and Whānau Ora Minister Peeni Henare has today announced the Government’s plan to support Māori communities and businesses in the face of COVID-19

The Pharmacy Council is getting ready to recall former pharmacists if a larger pharmacy workforce is needed to respond to the COVID-19 crisis

Consumer healthcare products industry body, the New Zealand Self-Medication Industry Association (SMI), endorses the latest communication and stance from the World Health Organization (WHO) in relation to the suitability of ibuprofen as part of the treatment arsenal for the symptoms of COVID-19

Dozens of independent pharmacies doubled their normal retail sales on Monday as customers and patients scrambled to stock up on – well, just about everything