Research

A survey by the Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand has revealed pharmacists who appear to belong to a minority group earn a significantly lower hourly rate than those who do not

New research has highlighted clinical pharmacist facilitators, as an integral part of general practice, enhance the level of care received by patients in New Zealand and identify thousands of medicine-related problems. Anna Lee reports

A study of 172 Māori supermarket shoppers finds labelling gout as urate crystal arthritis makes it less likely the disease will be seen as self-inflicted

Pharmacist and PhD candidate at the University of Auckland School of Pharmacy, Robert Haua (Ngāi Te Rangi), has been awarded the first School of Pharmacy Doctoral Publication Excellence Award for his paper “Pharmacist integration into general practice in New Zealand”

Natural products manufacturer HoneyLab has been able to bypass restrictions on making health claims about natural products by getting three of its honey products reclassified as medical devices

The make-up of recreational “polypills” being seized by police at music festivals is concerning scientists working to reduce drug user harm 

Pharmacist and PhD candidate Robert Haua (Ngāi Te Rangi) has won the first School of Pharmacy Doctoral Publication Excellence award

An Otago study estimates up to half of the daily activities of a pharmacy are carried out without remuneration. 

New Zealand researchers are developing a COVID-19 medicine based on ACE2, a human enzyme which is key to the new coronavirus’ cell-entry mechanism 

We don’t know much about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but we are learning new things about it every day