University of Otago

Rhiannon Braund has become president of the Pharmaceutical Society at an especially turbulent time. Jonathan Chilton-Towle  speaks to her about the goals she will strive for during her presidency

A student’s fatal overdose on paracetamol has prompted a coroner to call for limits on sales of the non-prescription painkiller – a move that has saved lives overseas

When the first graduates of the Dunedin School of Pharmacy’s new curriculum enter the workforce next year, school dean Carlo Marra is hoping their employers will notice a difference

While paracetamol was the most common substance of enquiry for calls to the National Poisons Centre in 2018, new research reveals most New Zealanders have large quantities of the painkiller stockpiled in their homes.

New research has highlighted clinical pharmacist facilitators, as an integral part of general practice, enhance the level of care received by patients in New Zealand and identify thousands of medicine-related problems. Anna Lee reports

An Otago study estimates up to half of the daily activities of a pharmacy are carried out without remuneration. 

An Otago study estimates up to half of the daily activities of a pharmacy are carried out without remuneration. 

An “important reduction” in the overall availability of tobacco would be achieved if sales were restricted to liquor stores, petrol stations or pharmacies, new University of Otago research shows.  

A group of University of Otago School of Pharmacy students and their lecturer prepared for the COVID-19 lockdown last week by making a massive amount of hand sanitiser for their university and Dunedin’s hospital