OTC

Average price rises in pharmacy are still well below the skyrocketing consumer price index, writes Libby Woodhouse, senior account manager for IRI

A Medsafe investigation has confirmed no contaminated Lucas’ Papaw Ointment made it into New Zealand, despite a company importing it from Australia outside normal distribution channels

Medsafe is investigating whether any batches of the popular skin product Lucas’ Pawpaw Ointment that were recalled in Australia due to microbial contamination have been sold in New Zealand

Cystitis can cause pain and blood in the urine and most customers will want to talk to pharmacy staff about it in private, writes pharmacist Darshana Kanjee, from Life Pharmacy Dunedin

Australian pharmacists may soon be able to sell some medicinal cannabis products without a prescription following a recent decision from the Therapeutic Goods Administration

The lobby group for OTC medicine makers is changing its name to better reflect its purpose