22 Jan 2024

New tool devised to help pharmacy safety

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 22 January 2024

Each year across New Zealand more deaths are caused by medicine related errors than lives lost on our roads.

A University of Canterbury start up is hoping to turn around that statistic using AI and other tech tools to reduced medicine related errors in pharmacies.

It's already been recognised internationally with a business award. Script Sense CEO Puneet Saini talks to Jesse.

University of Canterbury MBA students Paneet Saini and Kieran Erasmuson have won an international award for their pharmacy management start-up, Script Sense

University of Canterbury MBA students Paneet Saini and Kieran Erasmuson have won an international award for their pharmacy management start-up, Script Sense Photo: supplied

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