March 2022

Tina Hillier from ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, tries out a couple of New Zealand brands and a nasal spray

The seaside village of Oneroa on Waiheke Island is busy on yet another hot sunny day. As boats bob in Oneroa Bay, out­side café tables are full of day trippers, and getting a park isn’t easy

There’s a dearth of high-quality studies on medicinal cannabis but plenty of anecdotal evi­dence that medicinal canna­bis works for a range of conditions, says a doctor specialising in the field

Late last year, we (Moore Markhams) released our ninth annual pharmacy benchmarking survey. The survey covered a range of financial measures based on 170 pharmacies of various types and sizes from all corners of the country

The old buzz of Queenstown made a return during the recent summer holidays: the December and January weather was glorious as thousands of Kiwis – especially Aucklanders – were keen to cel­ebrate some well-deserved freedom after another challenging year of pandemic restrictions

As part of an effort to counter misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, a team of researchers at the University of Auckland, including pharmacist Amy Chan, are asking Kiwis for their thoughts on vaccinations

Almost 50 New Zealanders die of accidental opioid overdoses each year, some of them from prescription medications, a new report from the NZ Drug Foundation reveals

PSNZ recognition late last year of Amanda Lee Stanfield’s service to the sector has been a shock to the long-time pharmacist who was awarded a PSNZ fellowship

Pharmacist advocates of the MMR vaccination catch-up campaign say it is a shame that about 320,000 doses of the vaccine will be consigned to the dustbin after expiring before they were used

One afternoon, I was sitting on the sofa making a pon­cho for my daughter