NZ news
The week in review
The pharmacy workforce shortage, medicines shortages, and how Chemist Warehouse dispenses S8 medicines all made the news this week Chemist Warehouse hit the headlines again, this time over a change …
World news wrapup: 15 September 2022
US Mother-daughter pharmacy team charged with paying kickbacks; fake pharmacist caught selling controlled drugs; NZ pharmacies a “natural fit” for mask recycling Miami, Florida: Mother and daughter pharmacy owners have …
Pharmacy misunderstanding heard at COVID jab inquest
A pharmacist has told of the “million documents coming through” on COVID jabs, at an inquest into the death of a New Zealander after he received the Pfizer vaccine The …
World news wrapup: 8 September 2022
Ontario pharmacist hospitalised after beating by anti-vaxxer; medicines drought in flood-ravaged Pakistan; first Costco pharmacy for NZ Kitchener, Ontario: A pharmacist was beaten up for providing COVID-19 vaccinations, went to …
World news wrapup: 1 September 2022
Inquest into NZ vaccination death hears from pharmacy provider; chains in New York told to uphold reproductive health access; former pharmacist runs for Council, makes anti-vax claims Dunedin, New Zealand: …
World news wrapup: 25 August 2022
Three pharmacy giants told to cough up more than $900 million over opioids; codeine crisis in Ireland; NZ woman convicted over forged scripts Cleveland, Ohio: A US District judge has …
Pharmacist ghosts supervisor, Council
A NZ pharmacist has had his registration cancelled after he repeatedly failed to adhere to conditions placed on his registration Pharmacy Today reports that the pharmacist appeared before the Health …
World news wrapup: 4 August 2022
US pharmacist on trial over emergency contraception refusal; discounter corporate structure under scrutiny in NZ; pharmacists fleeing Nigeria Aitkin, Minnesota: A pharmacist has gone on trial this week after he …
World news wrapup: 14 July 2022
Pharmacist right to conscientious objection appeal in Poland; NZ pharmacies flooded with patients; US pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid Kraków, Poland: A pharmacist was reprimanded for refusing to dispense emergency contraception …
World news wrapup: 16 June 2022
Growing violence against UK pharmacists has them worried; “kick in the guts” for Kiwi independents as big discounters move in; US pharmacist founds “Uber Eats” of vaccination UK: Violence against …
World news wrapup: 2 June 2022
“Unbelievable” pharmacist shortage boosts NZ pay rates; Texas abortion ban impacts cancer, arthritis patients and more; one country where half the pharmacies operate illegally New Zealand: Locum pay rates are …
‘What has Chemist Warehouse done to us all?’
Chemist Warehouse has changed the way New Zealanders perceive pharmacy, one outlet writes, with free scripts a “gateway drug” to the “temple of consumption” New Zealand’s The Spinoff has taken …