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The Pharmacy Council of New Zealand has regretfully received the resignation of Deputy Chair, Leanne Te Karu. Chair, Mark Bedford, has sincerely thanked Leanne for her immense contribution over a seven-year period and has commended her for being a role model for the profession.

University of Auckland academics have developed new equations to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease (mainly heart attacks and strokes) in New Zealanders that has just been published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet.

ACC will fund a free, independent service to help clients navigate our processes, or to better understand or dispute a decision

The Pharmacy Today team downs pens and switches off computers today for a four-day break over Easter

As of the 31st March 2018, Red Seal will be changing the name of their ‘Pharmacy Strength’ range of supplements to ‘High Strength’ and will no longer be selling any supplements holding the ‘Pharmacy Strength’ name.  This follows from a complaint made to the commerce commission regarding the name Pharmacy Strength

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has appointed Dr Catherine Duggan as its new chief executive officer, as of 1 June
 

Ending HIV Big Gay Out 2018 – community rallies behind campaign to end new HIV infections by 2025

The New Zealand AIDS Foundation applauds PHARMAC’s decision to become one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund the HIV-prevention drug Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) – meaning those at high risk of HIV have another way to protect themselves

A New Zealand study has found that some people still find quitting smoking difficult, even when vaping is offered as a smoking cessation intervention

Thousands of Kiwis are heading back to work tomorrow after their summer holidays, and as they walk into work, the back to work blues just might come in with them.