May 2022

The future of pharmacy is blurry. It’s up to pharmacists to add the definition needed to turn it into the great career it should be, writes Wairarapa pharmacist Callum Porter

Unichem Pakuranga Pharmacy owner Vicky Chan speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about juggling work and parenting while managing a busy pharmacy in east Auckland

About 1 per cent of pharmacists failed to meet their recertification requirements by 1 April, a similar rate to that of the past two years before the introduction of the MyRecert Platform

Natural health products will be regulated alongside therapeutic products in the upcoming Therapeutic Products Bill, Paulette Crowley writes

CardiAction, a new service to detect patients at risk of cardiovascular disease, is looking to expand to pharmacies nationwide.

The New Zealand Drug Foundation has asked the Medicines Classification Committee to improve access to the lifesaving, overdose-reversal medication naloxone in pharmacy.

Maternal pertussis vaccination rates are suboptimal in New Zealand but a recent study by Auckland, Canterbury and Waikato researchers has found community pharmacies may be effective at lifting uptake

Cash is king but it’s a good idea to have a plan for where the cash will go, writes Jonathan Roberts, Auckland director at Moore Markhams

Regulations for sunscreens with an SPF of 15 or greater are now mandatory after the Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill was passed in February this year

Tina Hillier, from ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, seeks out desirable retail products to lure customers into pharmacies