Christchurch — An innovative Canterbury start-up that harnesses AI and other new tech tools to reduce medicine-related errors in pharmacies has won an international business award.

By University of Canterbury
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New Zealand's ACT party has announced that it will work to repeal the country's ban on cold and flu medications that contain pseudoephedrine, stating that the ban is ineffective as it has done nothing to stop the production of methamphetamine (P).

By Expert Briefing
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Community pharmacists from the Prescription Access Initiative are delighted the 2023 Budget removes the patient co-payment prescription fee for everybody.

By Prescription Access Initiative
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Leading healthcare provider ProCare has today welcomed the removal of the $5 prescription co‑payment, as announced in today’s Budget.

By ProCare
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Removing the $5 prescription fee (as announced in today's budget)  is a positive move - especially for young people accessing contraceptives, Family Planning chief executive Jackie Edmond says.

By Family Planning
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The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) is welcoming the government's removal of the $5 prescription charge in today's Budget, with effect from 1 July 2023.

By Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand
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An "inhumane" government prescription fee contributes to serious health issues including stroke, heart attack, sight loss, failed kidneys, breathing problems, mental health crises, and amputations, according to a new survey of 150 community pharmacists around New Zealand.

By Prescription Access Initiative
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At Internet Pharmacy they strive to make sure their online customers experience the personal touch that Peter Boles Pharmacy has become known for, and their customers have access to friendly, trustworthy medical advice via email or telephone where they aim to answer all queries within the same day that they are received during business hours.

By Beckie Wright
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Internet Pharmacy is a leading online New Zealand pharmacy, providing health and beauty products and over the counter chemist products online at the lowest prices, offering a service to people unable to leave their homes or who are too busy to shop in a retail outlet.

By Beckie Wright
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Even in 2015 the subject of male fertility may be a delicate one, which is why it is helpful to be able to access sexual herbal supplements online, rather than having to ask for them in a retail environment.

By Beckie Wright
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In a New Zealand first, the internationally renowned healthcare distributor EBOS Healthcare has partnered with the practitioner-only therapeutic supplements brand BioCeuticals, testament to the evidence and efficacy supporting the products.

By BioCeuticals
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The Ministry of Consumer Affairs (now part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) has discovered that some baby bottles being sold in New Zealand have inaccurate volume indicator markings on them.

By Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand
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Christchurch — Health Minister Tony Ryall visited the newly reopened St Martins Pharmacy in Christchurch today where he announced over 45,000 New Zealanders have benefited from new and more accessible medicines in the past six months.

By Tony Ryall
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The University of Otago has appointed an internationally leading expert on vaccine formulation and delivery to its Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

By University of Otago
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By PPR New Zealand
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Many New Zealanders are not getting free prescriptions when they should and these people are likely to include our most vulnerable, new findings from an ongoing University of Otago and Victoria University study into equity in prescription medicine use suggest.

By University of Otago
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Tasman — Old medicines are a risk to yourself, your family and your visitors.

By Tasman District Council
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Researchers in New Zealand are inching closer to the development of the first effective oral vaccine to protect against tuberculosis - a disease which still kills more people worldwide than any other bacterial disease.

By University of Otago
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MEDIA RELEASE 26 July 2012 The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) is delighted that all community pharmacies, including their members, have signed the new Pharmacy Services Agreement (PSA).

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Health Minister Tony Ryall has today announced 100 per cent of pharmacy businesses have accepted the new community pharmacy service agreement.

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Funded treatment options for New Zealand’s most common form of cancer will take a step forward in August when PHARMAC begins funding gefitinib (Iressa), a targeted treatment for lung cancer.

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