July 2021

A pharmacist-doctor partnership paves the way for a public-private venture south of Auckland, writes Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Latest full-year results from Green Cross Health show its medical and community health divisions have done better than last year but its pharmacy division has not. illion in the last financial year, to $3.7 million this financial year.

Australian firm Slade Health is setting up a cancer-drug compounding facility in west Auckland which spells job uncertainty for staff at Auckland DHB, reports Steve Hart

Douglas Pharmaceuticals is heralding early results of its trial on using ketamine to treat depression as possibly the most significant step in the field for 25 years

ACCORDING to the internet, hydrogen peroxide solution can be used for anything from sterilising make-up brushes and cleaning your dishwasher to lightening your hair and more.

An unpleasant mouth odour is both disgusting and embarrassing. Darshana Kanjee, pharmacist at Life Pharmacy Dunedin, discusses her approach to a problem that can be chronic for some

Jilly Alexander of Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā – MPA describes a programme rolled out last year that proved effective in getting more Māori vaccinated against the flu, through outreach and whānau-centred engagement

Pharmacist and medical herbalist Phil Rasmussen looks into the latest studies supporting the use of pomegranate properties in healthcare

Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney looks at how the immune system works and how the COVID-19 jab teaches the body how to respond to the new threat