Health Select Committee

A petition to reduce medicines wastage is one step closer to being heard by the health select committee with a move to present it to Parliament last month.

The Pharmaceutical Society has urged legislators not to forget the pharmacy sector when it rolls out health reforms under new legislation now going through Parliament

COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says there is good reason for the slower rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations through pharmacies and GP clinics and he now expects the pace of the rollout through these sites to accelerate

Emotions ran high at the Health Select Committee yesterday, with MPs grilling Medsafe and the Ministry of Health on a brand change to a generic antidepressant