NZ news
World news wrapup: 2 May 2018
“Purple drank” robber foiled; pharmacy in North Korea; alleged price-fixing in New Zealand Wauna, Washington State: It was stacks on for a would-be thief in Washington State over the weekend, …
Meds info: do GPs outshine pharmacists?
GPs are much more likely than pharmacists to always give verbal advice about new medicines, research from New Zealand shows PhD student Amber Young from the University of Otago analysed …
Integrated approach boosts pertussis vax uptake
A proactive approach to whooping cough vaccination in pregnant women has shown an increase in uptake, say New Zealand researchers – and pharmacies could help In the central north island …
World news wrapup: 29 March 2018
Canadian pharmacist trashes his shop on eviction; new NZ code of ethics ignored; jail for failing to report TB Belle River, Ontario: A pharmacist who was being evicted from his …
CWH moves in next door
Chemist Warehouse is setting up its second New Zealand store in the Auckland suburb of Botany… right next door to the Unichem Maxx pharmacy Readers of New Zealand pharmacy publication …
World news wrapup: 15 March 2018
Arizona doctors’ offices get prescription drug vending machines; Kansas celebrates drug donation program; UK dispensing error defence imminent Mesa, Arizona: Medavail Technologies has installed Arizona’s first vending machine for medications …
World news wrapup: 22 February 2018
Canadian crackdown on Pharmacy-Only drugs sold in grocery; a new hope in New Zealand; pharmacist nominated for “Unsung Hero” award New Zealand: New Health Minister David Clark has given pharmacy …
Study finds support for pharmacy tobacco sales
A quarter of pharmacies would strongly consider selling tobacco if pharmacy was its only legal outlet, a new study has found In recent years, New Zealand and international stakeholders have …
Heffernan blasts TGA on codeine
A Guild state president has vowed to continue the fight on codeine and praised the recent NZ downscheduling decision Pharmacy Guild NSW Branch president David Heffernan has queried the validity …
The week in review
With the clock ticking as Australia counts down the last couple of weeks to the codeine upschedule, it’s no surprise that the controversial drug made headlines this week The Society …
Single ingredient codeine downscheduled
Single ingredient codeine medicines are set to be downscheduled across the Tasman New Zealand’s Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) has decided to downschedule single ingredient codeine medicines and upschedule all codeine …
World News Wrapup: 18 January 2018
Kenya bans OTC codeine; Finns outline most worrisome OTCs; Pacific Pharmacists’ Group formalises Kenya: Kenya’s Pharmacy and Poisons Board has banned the sale of all codeine-containing preparations without prescription. According …