Prescribing

An Australian company is being investigated for its social-media advertising to New Zealand consumers and using the Medical Council logo without permission, as Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Fifty students will be able to study pharmacist prescribing for free at the University of Otago from next year, and for the following two years

Thousands of people who have been taking a substitute ADHD medicine will have to start switching back to the original brand now it’s arrived back in the country. However, they won’t need a new script 

Medsafe is investigating a new digital healthcare provider that has been advertising a controlled drug on social media, and the Medical Council has warned the provider for using its logo without permission

The number of people taking funded dulaglutide (Trulicity) has doubled in New Zealand over the past two years and the diabetes medicine is in short supply again, along with its alternative, Victoza (liraglutide). Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

The number of people taking funded dulaglutide (Trulicity) has doubled in New Zealand over the past two years and the diabetes medicine is in short supply again, along with its alternative, Victoza (liraglutide). Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

A pharmacy group that fought for free prescriptions has put out two surveys about the impacts of the change, and hopes incoming MPs will see the value of it and decide not to bring back the charges.

Special Authority prescriptions are creating a bureaucratic nightmare for pharmacists and causing delays in patients getting their medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

Special Authority prescriptions are creating a bureaucratic nightmare for pharmacists and causing delays in patients getting their medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

THE TWO PHARMACY schools are stepping up efforts to train more pharmacist prescribers as Te Whatu Ora promises 50 extra training places for the role.