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Lung Foundation launches petition for more PHARMAC funding
14 April 2019 - There's the story of the 38-year-old solo mother of a teenager, the 68-year-old healthy grandmother of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Select committee inquiry into PHARMAC would be too slow - Labour
12 April 2019 - The Government says a select committee inquiry into PHARMAC's drug-buying processes would take longer than current ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Duncan Garner complains to Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier on air about breast cancer drug funding
11 April 2019 - The AM Show host Duncan Garner has complained to the Chief Ombudsman live on air about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
'Go off in a corner and quietly die' - cancer patient's feelings of betrayal after vote against PHARMAC
11 April 2019 - A Kiwi cancer patient ditching the country for Australia says she feels as if the Government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Peters accuses Bennett of using people's illnesses to gain 'political points' in exchange about PHARMAC funding
11 April 2019 - Winston Peters accused Paula Bennett of using people's illnesses to gain "political points" during an exchange ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Labour MP rejects claims she said Health Minister nixed PHARMAC inquiry
11 April 2019 - Labour MP health select committee chair Louisa Wall is rejecting claims she told the husband of a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Shooting the PHARMAC messenger
11 April 2019 - National’s unsuccessful attempt to get a Parliamentary inquiry into PHARMAC is a classic case of shooting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2019
PHARMAC's consideration of Ibrance and Kadcyla - what we know and what we don't
11 April 2019 - The information in the public domain reveals PHARMAC's opacity and tardiness in its consideration of pabociclib ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2019
Breast cancer drug advocate lashes out at Labour after PHARMAC inquiry blocked
10 April 2019 - An advocate for a breast cancer drug has lashed out at Labour politicians for blocking an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
More funding sought for lung cancer treatments
9 April 2019 - Lung cancer patients are not getting a fair go, says the New Zealand Lung Foundation. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
Official inquiry into PHARMAC necessary
10 April 2019 - Today National MP Michael Woodhouse is set to table a motion calling on the Health Select ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2019
Greater flexibility needed by PHARMAC to fund new medicines, including cancer drug - expert
8 April 2019 - The fight continues in New Zealand for funding of a life-prolonging drug that targets advanced breast ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2019
Grandmothers lobby government for rare genetic disease medication
7 April 2019 - Two grandmothers will help deliver a petition to parliament next month calling for funding for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2019
Drug companies call out PHARMAC for lack of transparency and timeliness
3 April 2019 - Two of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies say New Zealand is lagging behind other countries when ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2019
PHARMAC called out over failure to fund breast cancer drug Ibrance
2 April 2019 - PHARMAC is being called out for trailing behind Australia when it comes to funding breast cancer ...