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‘This is not the Trump hearing’ – PHARMAC deny accusations by National MP of tampering with Northland vaccine order
19 June 2019 - Tensions rose in a Parliament committee between Whangāreu MP Dr Shane Reti and PHARMAC. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2019
Life or death under PHARMAC - part three
19 June 2019 - Everyday this week First Up is sharing the stories of New Zealanders who've found themselves campaigning ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2019
Opposition turns its sights on PHARMAC funding
18 June 2019 - Opposition politicians have turned their sights on what they say is an embarrassingly small funding increase ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2019
Health Minister concedes DHBs are under pressure - 'I want to put more money in'
18 June 2019 - Health Minister David Clark has refused to be drawn on whether district health boards are underfunded, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2019
Government could have bought more vaccines for Northland: National
17 June 2019 - Health agencies could have bought enough meningococcal vaccine to immunise all children in Northland last year ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2019
Life or death under PHARMAC - part two
18 June 2019 - Life or death under PHARMAC - for many New Zealanders that's the reality they're confronted with everyday. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2019
Life or death under PHARMAC - part one
17 June 2019 - Many New Zealanders are desperately pleading for PHARMAC to fund life-saving medication for them or their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
Pharmaceutical policy reforms to regulate drug prices in the Asia Pacific Region: the case of Australia, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, and South Korea
13 June 2019 - Medicine price directly affects affordability and access to medicines particularly in countries where a major portion of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
14,000 new flu vaccine doses available for high needs patients
13 June 2019 - Thousands more flu vaccines will be distributed across the country after Pharmac found another supplier. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2019
PHARMAC unlikely to get back-up flu vaccines before season over
7 June 2019 - PHARMAC says it is unlikely it will be able to get more flu vaccine supplies before ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
'Broken promises and lies, people like me don't matter'
6 June 2019 - "The wellbeing Budget came out on the day that I had my first treatment in Australia. So ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
Decision to widen access to etanercept and award sole supply
6 June 2019 - PHARMAC has made a decision to make changes to the funding of etanercept, a biologic medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2019
Rotorua toddler faces being 'trapped in his own body', parents plead for Spinraza drug funding
5 June 2019 - The last time the Rotorua Daily Post spoke to Rotorua mum Anna Sutherland, her son Heath ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2019
PHARMAC threatened with legal action to fund life saving drug
1 June 2019 - PHARMAC is being threatened with legal action to fund a drug that will save the lives ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2019
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 Jun 2019 update
1 June 2019 - The June 2019 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...