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Desperate pharmacist on denying RATs to sick: 'I just feel so helpless'

A pharmacist says countless symptomatic people are seeking tests she can't give out.

South Auckland GPs call for new anti-viral drugs

Almost 50 per cent of all current Covid-19 cases in NZ are in Counties Manukau district.

Parents taking Government to court to stop vaccine rollout for kids

Group says the approval of Pfizer's vaccine for kids was flawed and illegal.

Parents lose daughter to meningococcal, now fighting for access to vaccines

Parents Mark and Lisa Gallagher lost their daughter Letitia to meningococcal C in 2012. Video / Ministry of Health

Drugmaker Teva found liable in opioid crisis

A separate trial will follow to determine what Teva will have to pay in the case.

Opinion: Why you'll be hearing more about cannabis, bud

OPINION: Mark Dye explains why dried cannabis flowers will a hot topic in the near future.

Watch: Experts explain 'gamechanger' treatments for Covid

They've been described as "gamechangers" in the fight against Covid-19.

Pfizer says booster protects against Omicron

Pharma claims booster increases people's levels of antibodies by 25-fold.

Opinion | How 'free' Covid jabs are making the mega-rich richer

OPINION: Nations paying between 4 and 24 times more than the cost of producing vaccines.

Opinion | The value of a New Zealander's life

OPINION: Why is a life saved from Covid-19 worth more than one saved from other illnesses?

James McGoram: Why medicine funding doesn't fit into the 'trolley problem' basket

Opinion: Saying some people are going to die is a failure of both empathy and imagination.

150 jobs going as pharma company closes Manukau site

Pharma company is closing sites in South Auckland that have operated since the 1990s.

Pharmac: Is our medicines agency still fit for purpose?

Agency's future is under scrutiny as it juggles public demands and rising drug prices.

Dying man's father hits out at Government funding gangs, not drugs

Justin Haigh is paying hundreds of thousands for unfunded, potentially life-saving drugs.

Pharmac releases priority funding lists for first time

The release comes after public pressure for the agency to be more transparent.

Access to miracle drug a 'lifeline' for cystic fibrosis patients with no hope

Drug company to fund miracle drug for those with CF who have exhausted all options.