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Showing posts with label Pharmacy regulations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pharmacy regulations. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Dr Eric Crampton: Pharmacies overdue for a prescription of competition medicine


New Zealand has an awful lot of odd little cartels.

At least if we define ‘cartels’ using an economist’s definition rather than a lawyer’s definition.

Consider the current regulation of pharmacies. The forthcoming Medical Products Bill will go some way to solving the problem. But before getting to that, let’s consider the status quo.