Patient Safety

Sunscreen manufacturers have 18 months to comply with new quality standards, or risk facing fines of up to $600,000 

The New Zealand Medical Association has made a formal submission objecting to a proposed expansion of medicines pharmacist prescribers can prescribe.

Two bids to widen access to higherstrength doses of ibuprofen have been declined by the Medicines Classification Committee.

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

A common painkiller is sending a steady stream of New Zealand children to the liver transplant waiting list and now a new study is hoped to stem the tide

When the Government’s COVID-19 alert level system was announced in March 2020, the team at Te Puna Ora o Mataatua Charitable Trust (TPO) leapt into action

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

Testimony on day two of the chief coroner’s inquest into what role a Pharmac epilepsy drug brand switch played in the deaths of six people has revealed more confusion

Far from the guidance and support of pharmacists and other health professionals, small groups of athletes and gym-goers are importing illicit and potentially dangerous substances in the hope of getting big, looking lean and improving sporting performance

The Countdown supermarket chain has instituted a limit on paracetamol sales following the overdose death of a Dunedin student, but pharmacy and GP leaders are calling for even tighter restrictions