14 Oct 2015

Pharmacy Council moves to change code of ethics over homeopathy

From Nine To Noon, 9:08 am on 14 October 2015

The Pharmacy Council is moving to change its code of ethics to enable pharmacies to continue selling homeopathic products.

homeopathic gear

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The Society for Science Based Healthcare formally complained to the council over some pharmarcies promoting homeopathic products as effective - which breaches its own code of ethics.

Andrew Bary, who is the chair of the Pharmacy Council and Mark Honeychurch is the founder of the Society for Science Based Healthcare, and the chair of Skeptics New Zealand Mark Honeychurch, talk to Kathryn Ryan.

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