Retail

With discharges, lumps and redness, eye conditions can be quite disgusting and also embarrassing. Life Pharmacy Dunedin pharmacist Darshana Kanjee writes about the best way to treat some common eye problems 

Tina Hillier, programme coordinator at the ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, tries a newly launched skincare range, a supplements range for mums-to-be and a tried-and-true nail polish kit 

Pharmacy technician Melissa Wood’s day began with a bang on 8 July – she got a flat tyre as she made her way over the wet and windy roads to her rural home town of Te Aroha in the Waikato

The head of a group representing manufacturers of OTC medicines says the impending reclassification of codeine-containing products will remove an important pain management option from pharmacies

Average weekly retail sales are still lagging 5 per cent behind this time last year, according to the latest figures from RPM Retail

Retail pharmacy bestseller LivOn Labs Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C will soon be available on the shelves of Chemist Warehouse

Retail sales in New Zealand pharmacies are starting to bounce back after 12 consecutive weeks of “significantly lower” sales due to COVID-19, according to the latest figures from RPM Retail

The worst is yet to come in Queenstown, predict some pharmacy owners who are hoping to ride out the next two or three years. But there’s a good chance not all pharmacies will survive

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

Fungal nail can be an unsightly problem and a difficult subject to broach in a pharmacy setting. Darshana Kanjee, pharmacist at Life Pharmacy in Dunedin, discusses her approach to getting help for patients, with many products on the shelves suitable for treating the problem