New Zealand secures AstraZeneca & Novavax COVID-19 vaccines

The New Zealand Government will purchase COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax, me...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
NZ takes action on face masks not meeting quality standards

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand (NZ) has advised District health boards (DHBs) to put on hold their stocks of...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand invests $84.7M to support innovative research

The New Zeland Government is investing $84.7 million in innovative research projects including those focussed on health,...

November 30, 2020 | Monday | News
Koru Lifescience identifies drug compounds beneficial for COVID-19 trials

New Zealand's Koru Lifescience, drug discovery, and advanced formulation research laboratory in Auckland, has ident...

November 24, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NZ study links mitochondrial targeted antioxidant with protecting genomic DNA

New Zealand's researchers discovered that healthy male participants who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targe...

November 20, 2020 | Friday | News
New Zealand raises awareness on usage of antimicrobial medicines

The Ministry of Health is supporting World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18 – 24 November 2020) by helping health ...

November 18, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Novel drug for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST) to be Launched in Au, NZ, SEA

A NEW therapy to treat advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) will be available to patients in Australia,...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | News
New Zealand offers new screening programme to fight bowel cancer

Residents of Timaru in New Zealand, and surrounding districts are about to get access to free bowel screening with South...

October 27, 2020 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand gives credit to allied health professionals

New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 has seen thousands of health professionals across the country working tirelessl...

October 15, 2020 | Thursday | News
New Zealand’s Ubiquitome signs NIH RADx contract for COVID-19 tests

New Zealand-based Ubiquitome is ramping up production of its mobile, real-time (RT) PCR technology with fundin...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand changes prescribing rules for medicines

A change to prescribing rules will make it easier for New Zealanders to get the medicines they need, according to both t...

October 5, 2020 | Monday | News
Alcohol detection anklets gain attention in New Zealand

Alcohol Detection Anklets (ADA) are garnering a lot of attention in New Zealand and Australia for he...

September 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NZ strengthens management of communicable diseases

Work is underway to further strengthen New Zealand’s management of communicable disease outbreaks in response to r...

September 21, 2020 | Monday | News
New Zealand invests in ensuring mental wellbeing

The Ministry of Health has welcomed Sport New Zealand’s new $68 million Tū Manawa fund for community led play, ac...

August 25, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Aroa’s Endoform gains validation to recruit stem cells

New Zealand based soft tissue regeneration company Aroa Biosurgery Limited (Aroa) has gained further validation for Endo...

August 20, 2020 | Thursday | News
Pictor furthers R&D in COVID-19 and M. bovis

New Zealand's Auckland-based biotechnology company Pictor is embarking on a NZ$2.5 million fundraising round to enable i...

July 31, 2020 | Friday | News
NZ welcomes new nurse practitioner training programme

The Ministry of Health on New Zealand welcomes the launch of a new national partnership for the training and placement o...

July 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
NZ to offer free access to essential health information

Ministry of Health in New Zealand and mobile network operators have collaborated to offer free access to essential healt...

July 27, 2020 | Monday | News