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OIA response: medicines from China
11 May 2020 - PHARMAC responds as OIA request, dated 27 February 2020, asking for a list of medications made ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2020
“Don’t back away from cancer drug plan,” Breast Cancer Foundation begs
10 May 2020 - “Don’t use COVID-19 as an excuse to back away from your commitment to cancer patients,” Breast ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2020
COVID-19: Health Minister David Clark announces more medicines, vaccines in $160 million PHARMAC budget boost
10 May 2020 - Health Minister David Clark has rejected claims he and other Government ministers have been "gagged", as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2020
COVID-19: PHARMAC warns of significant shortage of surgery drug propofol
6 May 2020 - Hospitals already grappling with a backlog of about 30,000 elective surgeries are being urged to conserve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2020
Without Keytruda, 30 deaths a week in New Zealand from cancer - Lung Foundation
4 May 2020 - PHARMAC's decision to backtrack on funding Keytruda is a major blow for equality in New Zealand's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2020
'New Zealand doesn't have help juice' - PHARMAC's decision leaves family stuck abroad
3 May 2020 - Kristie Yeoman says returning home would likely mean death for her daughter. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2020
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Update - 1 May 2020
1 May 2020 - The May 2020 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2020
COVID-19: PTAC meeting arrangements
29 April 2020 - The 1.5 day meeting in Wellington for May 2020 has been cancelled. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2020
Influenza vaccinations for 2020
29 April 2020 - There will be 1.768 million doses of influenza vaccine available this flu season, a 30% (400,000 doses) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2020
How medicine supplies are managed during COVID-19 crisis
28 April 2020 - During the COVID-19 outbreak, one of the things that has been top of mind for me ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2020
Spinraza could give teen a longer life, but Government says it's too expensive
28 April 2020 - A Greymouth father is battling for PHARMAC funding for a drug he hopes can help his ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2020
PHARMAC says it will need more funding amid global COVID-19 crisis
26 April 2020 - The Government's drug-funding agency says it will need more money as the global impact of COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2020
PHARMAC won't fund drug Spinraza to help children with spinal muscular atrophy
24 April 2020 - The parents of babies with a rare and debilitating condition will have to wait longer for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Critical Care Advisory Group
23 April 2020 - In April 2020, PHARMAC convened a group of clinical experts from across New Zealand for an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2020
Recent PHARMAC funding decisions
22 April 2020 - You may have read about PHARMAC’S decision this week to scrap a lung cancer drug funding ...