Blog
RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
COVID-19: PHARMAC warns pandemic could disrupt supply of paracetamol, other medicines
21 July 2020 - PHARMAC warns the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt not only the supply of paracetamol, but other medications ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
PHARMAC, COVID-19 health response get slice of $302 million fund
21 July 2020 - Minister of Health Chris Hipkins has announced a financial boost for public health services, setting aside more ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2020
Grieving families lobby Parliament to reverse epilepsy drug brand switch
21 July 2020 - It has been more than nine months since PHARMAC switched to funding epilepsy drug Logem – a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2020
Paracetamol 500 mg tablets in short supply at pharmacies
17 July 2020 - PHARMAC has today updated health care professionals that paracetamol 500 mg tablets for dispensing in pharmacies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2020
'Life-changing' drug not accessible for New Zealanders living with cystic fibrosis
17 July 2020 - For Chantelle de Kort, her biggest hope for the future is that she will get to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
PHARMAC asks COVID-19 vaccine developers to let Kiwi businesses make doses under contract in New Zealand
14 July 2020 - PHARMAC has sent a “shout out to the world” as a step towards securing its share ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
Proposed changes to PHARMAC model could ease brand switch issues
14 July 2020 - The way New Zealand secures its medicines could be changing, as the Government’s drug buying agency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2020
Doctors and patients anxious after pharma giant Apotex quits New Zealand
13 July 2020 - A patient advocate group says a pharmaceutical giant's decision to pull out of the New Zealand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2020
Request for information - COVID-19 vaccine research, manufacture and supply
13 July 2020 - PHARMAC, on behalf of the New Zealand Government COVID-19 vaccine strategy task force, is seeking information regarding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2020
Collaborative consultation on medicines policy closes
10 July 2020 - Over the past few months, Medicines New Zealand ran an online consultation on a discussion paper produced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2020
Proposal to modify PHARMAC’s approach to competitive procurement
10 July 2020 - PHARMAC is proposing to standardise the way that it contracts for pharmaceuticals as a result of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2020
PHARMAC to remove medicine dispensing restrictions
9 July 2020 - Most funded medicines will return to all at once dispensing because PHARMAC is removing most of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2020
A million Kiwis to be impacted by major pharmaceutical company leaving New Zealand
3 July 2020 - More than a million Kiwis may need to change to different medications before the end of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2020
PHARMAC says US can't prevent us accessing medicines
2 July 2020 - PHARMAC is reassuring the country that the United States can't stop us from accessing medications. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2020
Modifying funded access to mifepristone and misoprostol
2 July 2020 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce a decision to: ...