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Anti-depressant medicine brand switch: 'They've been used as guinea pigs'
11 September 2019 - Emotions ran high at the Health Select Committee today, with MPs grilling Medsafe and the Ministry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Decision for funding in the immunosuppressant, cardiovascular and anti-nausea therapeutic areas
11 September 2019 - PHARMAC pleased to announce a decision to approve proposals relating to medicines in the immunosuppressant, cardiovascular ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2019
Kiwi toddler fights spinal muscular atrophy in Australia after PHARMAC stall access to life-saving drug
7 September 2019 - For the first time in her life, two-year-old Charlotte Bond is showing signs that one day ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2019
200 women dead, 100 more may follow in wait for cancer drug decision
7 September 2019 - Mother of two Krystal Hekau never lived to learn PHARMAC was considering funding the life-extending cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2019
PHARMAC funding boost gives hope to many, too late for some
5 September 2019 - This time last year I watched a close relative and his family pour everything they could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Four cancers, 10 years: Thames man launches petition for life-saving drug
5 September 2019 - Steve Wilson's shock of finding out he harboured a mutation that made him more likely to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Cancer action 10 year plan should only be a 'start'
3 September 2019 - Paul Ryder considers himself lucky to be alive. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Northland cancer workers, patients welcome new agency and drug funding
4 September 2019 - Kaitaia woman Donna MacMillan is delighted that a $60 million boost in PHRAMAC's funding might see ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Some positives but also unanswered questions in Government's cancer announcement
2 September 2019 - The Government’s announcement to set up a National Cancer Agency within the Ministry of Health and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Bad diagnosis: health care system muddled, lacking leadership major report finds
3 September 2019 - The review is being led by former prime minister Helen Clark's chief of staff, Heather Simpson. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Government cancer plan 'not sufficient', warn advocates
2 September 2019 - Cancer patients and treatment advocates are crying out for much more radical change, saying the government's new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Cancer agency a vessel for progress
3 September 2019 - With great power comes great responsibility. But when the Government sets up an agency with great ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Cancer sufferers to benefit from PHARMAC funding boost - Jacinda Ardern
3 September 2019 - The Prime Minister says cancer sufferers will significantly benefit from a funding boost to PHARMAC - ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
RFP - supply of a CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor for the treatment of HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer
1 September 2019 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of a CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor for the treatment of HR-positive, HER2-negative locally ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Otago academic to head new national cancer strategy
2 September 2019 - The new interim National Director of Cancer Control, University of Otago academic Professor Diana Sarfati, believes ...