December 2018

The deregulation of pharmacy ownership is back in the spotlight with the long-awaited draft version of the Therapeutic Products Bill due out for consultation by the end of the year

Nelson Marlborough DHB pharmacy staff called off the strike action planned last month after receiving an offer from the DHB

Pharmacy Guild chief executive Andrew Gaudin is the sole pharmacy representative on the board of the new “voice of primary care”

“I am concerned that one of my patients may be developing an addiction to codeine"

November 12 to 18 was World Antibiotic Awareness Week, an event meant to raise awareness of one of a number of growing threats to human health – antibiotic resistance. 

Pharmacists need to improve their practices around supplying sildenafil to ensure it isn’t changed back to a prescription-only medicine

The results of the annual Moore Stephens Markhams pharmacy benchmarking survey are in, and it isn’t good news for the sector

A pharmacy owner in Christchurch feels not enough is being done to prevent pharmacies from breaching advertising guidelines for selling medicines

The hospital pharmacy sector is losing a familiar face with the retirement of Christchurch Hospital pharmacy manager Paul Barrett

The University of Otago has revamped its postgraduate pharmacy qualification, with the aim of ensuring pharmacists are highly skilled in medicines optimisation