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$60 million for new cancer drugs is piddly
2 September 2019 - I don't want to sound ungrateful, but was that it? Really? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 September 2019
1 September 2019 - The September 2019 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
Thumbs up from Foundation for cancer announcements
2 September 2019 - Breast Cancer Foundation NZ has given an overall thumbs-up to today’s spate of cancer-related announcements from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
Government announces Cancer Control Agency and $60 million PHARMAC funding boost
1 September 2019 - The Government has today announced it will establish a Cancer Control Agency and fund an extra ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
PHARMAC reveals new cancer drugs on the way, contraception more available
1 September 2019 - PHARMAC has today announced it will fund three new medicines targeting three different cancers. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
Patient Voice Aotearoa calls for PHARMAC reform
28 August 2019 - Patient Voice Aotearoa has launched a petition calling for the Minister of Health to initiate an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
PTAC continues to find new ways to reject new medicines (Part 2)
23 August 2019 - More startling insights from the minutes of the May 2019 PTAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Chemist Warehouse continues store expansion, set to open one of its largest stores yet
22 August 2019 - Chemist Warehouse operates eight stores in New Zealand currently. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Breast cancer patients in Northland poised for publicly-funded medicines
23 August 2019 - Breast cancer patient Denise Lemmen won't benefit from a proposal to publicly-fund new cancer treatments but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2019
PTAC continues to find new ways to reject funding applications (part 1)
21 August 2019 - The minutes from the May 2019 PTAC meeting provide some interesting, some might say startling, insights. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2019
Government cancer plan: ‘strong leadership’, early access to medicines
20 August 2019 - PHARMAC’s model and budget is under intense scrutiny, as the Government prepares to announce its interim ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2019
RFP - supply of infliximab
19 August 2019 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of infliximab in New Zealand. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2019
Lack of transparency hampers cancer drug debate
19 August 2019 - The current debate raging over cancer drug funding is emotional, and the different agenda of lobby ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2019
Cancer patient David Downs working to bring treatment that helped him to NZ
18 August 2019 - There are those people who cheerfully refer to themselves as glass half-full types – and then ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
A better way to fund medicines?
15 August 2019 - PHARMAC’s recent decision to fund two additional drugs from December this year has been widely welcomed ...