July 2024

THE WITHDRAWAL of free flu vaccines for all under-12s this winter has seen a 42 per cent reduction in children getting vaccinated to date, according to Te Whatu Ora statistics.

Vitaco Health was stoked to walk away with the top prize at the recent Natural Health Product NZ awards night. Zahra Shahtahmasebi reports

NEARLY 100 per cent of intern pharmacists who sat this year’s Assessment Centre in May passed, and 43 new pharmacists are ready to join the workforce. 

Using artificial intelligence to make prescribing safer for older people is at the heart of research attracting nearly $400,000 in grant funding from the Health Research Council.

A 2022 REPORT on access to cancer drugs was never meant to be used to provide a list of medicines that should be funded, Cancer Control Agency Te Aho o Te Kahu chief executive Rami Rahal says.

Moore Markhams Auckland director Jonathan Roberts looks at the upcoming changes to income-tax thresholds

GREEN CROSS HEALTH’s profits are down after a tough 12 months of trading.

Medsafe group manager Chris James discusses a topic no pharmacist likes to think about, audits

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer shares the next chapter in her journey to bring pharmacogenomics to New Zealand, and talks to those who are exploring this option

Experts are calling for an urgent upgrade to New Zealand’s mask policies to protect vulnerable people, Patrice Dougan reports