March 2020

The University of Auckland has seen a surge in non-Māori student enrolments at the School of Pharmacy after “disappointing” numbers in 2019

Three lower North Island pharmacies are trialling vape pens as a funded smoking cessation tool for Māori, Pasifika and pregnant women

Poor adherence to treatment of chronic diseases is a huge problem worldwide but, frustratingly, the cost of it continues to balloon, despite efforts such as the Long Term Conditions Service, writes former Pharmaceutical Society president Graeme Blanchard  

With four COVID-19 cases confirmed in New Zealand at the time of going to print, pharmacists’ reactions vary from feeling unprepared to having a fully fleshed out pandemic response plan. Reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates pharmacists’ response, supply lines for equipment and advice from health officials

University of Otago School of Pharmacy students and staff are mourning the loss of final-year student Kevin Lee, 22, who died in a tragic tramping accident last month

Medsafe is asking the Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) to recommend the cough suppressant pholcodine be reclassified as a pharmacist-only medicine.

The reclassification of codeine-containing medicines will go ahead this year after the final objection to the change was determined to be invalid

Retail giant Amazon appears to be paving the way for its new online pharmacy business to enter the Australian market

The Medicines Classification Committee is about to consider whether pharmacists will be able to offer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine without a prescription.

The Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group is linking patients who have difficulty speaking English with pharmacists who speak their language and help them understand their medicines