New Zealand allowed pharmacists to dispense COVID-19 antivirals and 'everyone realised it was a win'

6 August 2022 - With Australians dying from COVID-19 every day and nearly 5,000 people in hospital with the disease, experts ...

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Pharmacist prescribers able to prescribe special authority medicines

1 October 2020 - Some medicines are only funded under certain conditions to ensure access to medicines is available for ...

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PHARMAC removes dispensing restrictions' - now distributing three months' supply

30 July 2020 - The majority of the temporary dispensing restrictions placed upon Government-funded medicine will be removed on Saturday. ...

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'Pharmacies run off their feet': people waiting days for prescriptions

17 April 2020 - Some patients are waiting days to have their prescriptions filled, with many community pharmacies struggling to ...

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Change to monthly dispensing

27 March 2020 - PHARMAC has changed Pharmaceutical Schedule rules that restrict the dispensing of funded community medicines to just one ...

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PHARMAC places temporary dispensing limits on all funded community medicines

26 March 2020 - PHARMAC is placing temporary dispensing limits on all funded community medicines from Friday 27 March 2020. ...

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Changes to dispensing frequency rules and ‘stat’ medicines list

2 March 2020 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal about the frequency of dispensing of pharmaceuticals in the ...

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Chemist Warehouse continues store expansion, set to open one of its largest stores yet

22 August 2019 - Chemist Warehouse operates eight stores in New Zealand currently. ...

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Cheaper prescriptions and suncare as Aussie pharmacy chain hits NZ

18 November 2017 - Prescription drugs among items to cost less at Chemist Warehouse. ...

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Change of access to funded nicotine replacement therapy and the emergency contraceptive pill

20 July 2017 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal that would give pharmacists the ability to provide some ...

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Influenza vaccine in pharmacies

3 February 2017 - PHARMAC proposes changes to the Pharmaceutical Schedule to fund the provision of influenza vaccine (flu vaccine) ...

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