The Consumer Healthcare Products Association of New Zealand (CHPNZ) has welcomed the government’s Winter Preparedness Plan and its initiatives designed to improve access, efficiency and primary health care but also cautions that work is needed on the regulation and supply of medicines so they can be accessed by the thousands of New Zealanders who will most benefit from the Plan.
Staff remain almost twice as long in pharmaceutical companies that offer internal mobility than those that do not, Australia’s ‘Pharma in Focus’ reports.
Staff remain almost twice as long in pharmaceutical companies that offer internal mobility than those that do not, Australia’s ‘Pharma in Focus’ reports.
With waiting times and costs to see a GP increasing, specialist GP Cathy Stephenson suggests pharmacies might be able to fill some of the healthcare gaps for rangatahi.
A project with a broad view of healthcare – including education, housing and getting food on the table – has been revealed in a story in NZ Doctor magazine. Auckland’s South Seas Healthcare Clinic says it aims to bridge the gap between the Pasifika community and healthcare by offering a “one stop shop” for all aspects of care.
The Overseas Investment Office has revealed that Nestlé New Zealand has paid $375 million to purchase Auckland supplement firm The Better Health Company.
According to the National Business Review, Nestlé has been making a number of purchases this year of businesses centred on health and wellness but this was its first in this region- and it is not expected to be the last.
CHPNZ and its members share the community’s deep concern about the intentional misuse of medicines examined in the report from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) independent expert review on the risks of intentional self-poisoning with paracetamol.
The Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Act is now law. Sunscreens are now regulated under the Fair Trading Act (FTA) and it is mandatory for products to meet the Australian and New Zealand sunscreen standard.
This year will be big for legislation and regulatory reform, CHPNZ Executive Director Scott Milne says.
“We have the Natural Products Bill now being absorbed into an enlarged Therapeutic Products Bill. And this legislation has already signalled substantial changes to the medical devices part of our industry.
Following the demerger from the healthcare arm of its business, GSK Australia is bolstering its sales arm with 30 new hires, according to “Pharma in Focus”. Country medical director Alan Paul has also introduced a new role of clinical and patient experience managers to focus on patient voice and unmet needs. This follows GSK’s move …