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Patient planning to remortgage house to fund costly cancer drug strikes 'miracle' scheme
26 June 2019 - A terminally ill man who was unable to afford $540,000 for medication to extend his life ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2019
Petition for national cancer agency gathers steam
25 June 2019 - A petition launched in support of a national cancer agency has so far gathered more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2019
Lung cancer advocates feel disease is being ignored by Government
25 June 2019 - Advocates for lung cancer patients say the country's deadliest cancer is being ignored by health authorities. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2019
Five dying a day: PHARMAC 'failing' on NZ's deadliest cancer
24 June 2019 - Advocates for lung cancer patients says the country's deadliest cancer is being ignored by health authorities, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
'Broken promises and lies, people like me don't matter'
6 June 2019 - "The wellbeing Budget came out on the day that I had my first treatment in Australia. So ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2019
PTAC recommends the use of pembrolizumab as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
8 May 2019 - The focus now shifts to when will the PTAC recommendation be implemented. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2019
New hope for cancer patients accessing leading-edge unfunded drugs
8 May 2019 - Peter Fergusson, CEO of Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand is heartened to hear that Pharmac ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2019
No outcomes on breast cancer drugs Kadcyla and Ibrance yet, says PHARMAC
24 April 2019 - PHARMAC has reiterated that it has not yet made a decision on whether to fund two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
PHARMAC rejects own experts' view on breast cancer drug
23 April 2019 - PHARMAC has refused funding for Kadcyla, an important drug that has recently had a high media ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
PHARMAC reportedly has rejected funding for breast cancer drug
23 April 2019 - A breast cancer support group has been told that PHARMAC has rejected funding for the drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2019
Women die waiting for decision on PHARMAC funding for breast cancer drugs
17 April 2019 - One hundred women. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2019
Drug company boss calls for inquiry over breast cancer drug prices
16 April 2019 - A drug company head says the government should hold an inquiry into the prices pharmaceutical firms charge ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
Lung Foundation launches petition for more PHARMAC funding
14 April 2019 - There's the story of the 38-year-old solo mother of a teenager, the 68-year-old healthy grandmother of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Duncan Garner complains to Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier on air about breast cancer drug funding
11 April 2019 - The AM Show host Duncan Garner has complained to the Chief Ombudsman live on air about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
'Go off in a corner and quietly die' - cancer patient's feelings of betrayal after vote against PHARMAC
11 April 2019 - A Kiwi cancer patient ditching the country for Australia says she feels as if the Government ...