February 2018

Pharmacists have taken a swipe at the new unannounced pharmacy auditing system, with one saying auditors had been “intimidating and rude” when they visited his business.

An Auckland physician has cleared the air on comments he made surrounding the potential for pharmacists to sell end-of-life medication directly to the public.

The New Year comes with a new list of awe-inspiring New Zealanders being recognised for going above and beyond to make a difference in their communities. 

Pharmacies are opening at a rate of knots in the City of Sails.

It’s normally a battle between art versus science, but two men have bucked that theory to create an abstract mural of the sun, sea, and the essence of the East Coast, at a Gisborne pharmacy.

Firefighters in chemical-proof suits backed up by a hazmat truck attended a mercury spill at a pharmacy in Invercargill last month.

Although medicine has been around for centuries, modern technology hasn’t, but when combined, they make a powerful concoction in improving people’s health and wellbeing.

The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has fined and suspended an Auckland pharmacist for selling excessive quantities of addictive drugs to customers without a prescription.

New Plymouth-born pharmacist Gray Barnett has gone to sea.

Medicines Therapy Assessments are proving a hit with Canterbury patients wanting to simplify their medication regimens, and more pharmacists are becoming qualified to conduct them.