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PTAC defers submission for new indication for PD-L1 antagonist
27 July 2018 - This time its for patients with Hodgkin's disease. The reason; PTAC wants to see updated data ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2018
PTAC recommends immune checkpoint inhibitors for certain patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma
25 July 2018 - The publication of the minutes of the May 2018 PTAC meeting reveals new outcomes. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2018
The man who should be four years dead
23 July 2018 - John Ashton had always wanted to see Cape Reinga. When he found out his time was running ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2018
Here’s the evidence – time to play fair PHARMAC
11 June 2018 - In light of new clinical trial results, Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand is urging PHARMAC to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2018
Saving Sarah: cop starting cancer treatment next month after $80k in donations
29 May 2018 - Thanks to generous Kiwis donating more than $80,000, West Auckland detective Sarah Cato will start a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2018
Reality TV star John 'Cocksy' Cocks' brave battle with terminal cancer
5 May 2018 - Cocksy had radiation for the last time in early January but can't have more as the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2018
Terminally ill dad saves more than $200k bringing in cancer drugs from India
17 April 2018 - A Kiwi dad who's dying of lung cancer has been bypassing the PHARMAC system to get ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2018
Proposal to list mercaptopurine oral suspension
5 April 2018 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list mercaptopurine oral solution (Allmercap) 20 mg/mL from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2018
Relief for sufferers of neuroendocrine cancer after PHARMAC funding decision
1 April 2018 - Kiwis living with neuroendocrine cancer say they are relieved after PHARMAC recommended their treatment should be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2018
Rejected by the Government, I've spent $160,000 just to keep myself alive
25 March 2018 - Jess Spence currently pays for her Neuroendocrine cancer treatment in Melbourne, Australia. PHARMAC are still to decide ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2018
Cancer sufferers want Oz treatments: 'I want to live'
7 March 2018 - A Tauranga woman with terminal breast cancer has had to fundraise over $100,000 to pay for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2018
New insights on PHARMAC's tardiness in funding Keytruda for patients with NSCLC
21 February 2018 - The minutes from the November 2017 PTAC meeting note further information from MSD, submitted in response ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2018
Minutes from November 2017 PTAC meeting provide interesting insights on Roche's submission for Kadcyla
21 February 2018 - The minutes need to be read carefully as they start with a subcommittee outcome. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2018
New Zealand cancer survival rate worse than Australia's
19 February 2018 - About 2500 New Zealanders would have beaten cancer in the last five years if they had ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2018
Cancer patients waiting a year for Keytruda funding decision from PHARMAC
12 February 2018 - Hundreds of lung cancer patients whose lives could be saved by a new treatment labelled a ...