A chance discovery of an old chemist’s bottle in his childhood home led Wairarapa archivist Mark Pacey to a lifelong interest in the early days of pharmacy in Pākehā New Zealand, and now he is publishing his second book on the subject
Pharmac has found replacements for most of the drugs affected by the generic medicines manufacturer Apotex leaving New Zealand later this year, however many of them will initially be supplied as unapproved medicines
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
Medicine supplies in India have been pushed to breaking point by the pandemic but this does not yet appear to have had a flow-on effect for New Zealand
Health minister Andrew Little says Budget 2021 did not include any new funding for pharmacy because no new initiatives for pharmacy were being implemented
Working in a bunker, setting up a new lifestyle coaching service and planning a full store refit were just a few of the things achieved by Gemma Perry and her team at Sanders Pharmacy in Te Awamutu in 2020