February 2024

Pharmacists can now learn about the emerging field of pharmacogenetics through an online course developed by a Kiwi expert in the field. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

INDEPENDENT PHARMACY retail sales were down 7 per cent last year compared to 2022, a report released by consultancy firm RPM Retail shows.

Sashi Anantham, head of IQVIA Consumer Insights and Intelligence ANZ, recently spoke at Consumer Healthcare Products New Zealand’s (CHPNZ) annual general meeting about how Kiwis’ shopping habits have changed post the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental health pharmacist Keith Crump is retiring after 50 years of work in the field. He talks to Natasha Jojoa Burling about trying to make a difference

PHARMAC AND TE WHATU ORA want community pharmacies to be offering childhood immunisations from next month.

A NEW ZEALAND supplement derived from dahlia flowers that supports healthy blood sugar levels has been granted a patent for the US, with patents for other countries in the pipeline.

A defibrillator stolen in December from outside the Unichem Pharmacy in Springvale, Whanganui remains missing.

A HAWKE’S BAY PHARMACY has hit the jackpot for a customer by selling a million-dollar Lotto ticket in December.

The Auckland and Otago pharmacy schools are getting funding for a combined 80 places on their pharmacist prescriber courses. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

A recent poll suggests 86 per cent of people support or strongly support keeping prescriptions free for everyone. Even those who back the new Coalition Government parties are largely in favour of not reintroducing the charges.