How a Wainuiomata chemist took on Countdown and won

How a Wainuiomata chemist took on Countdown and won
Wainuiomata pharmacist Clive Cannons' nickname is "the happy chemist". (Image: Clive's Chemist)
Greg Hurrell
Suburban chemist Clive Cannons took on supermarket giant Countdown when it brought pharmacy services to Wainuiomata. That led ultimately to a June 15 ruling by the high court in Wellington that Countdown’s pharmacy licences were "unlawful” and “invalid" and a headache for the Ministry of Health (MOH) that granted those licences.The court ruled that the pharmacist shareholders did not have full control of the Countdown pharmacy companies as required by the Medicines Act. While the two independent pharmacies...

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