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Call for funding applications for medicines for rare disorders
17 April 2019 - PHARMAC invites pharmaceutical suppliers to submit funding applications for medicines for rare disorders. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2019
Women die waiting for decision on PHARMAC funding for breast cancer drugs
17 April 2019 - One hundred women. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2019
Concerns over single brand move for epilepsy sufferers
16 April 2019 - Epilepsy New Zealand is raising concerns about PHARMAC changing its funding to just a single brand of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2019
Drug company boss calls for inquiry over breast cancer drug prices
16 April 2019 - A drug company head says the government should hold an inquiry into the prices pharmaceutical firms charge ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Kiwi father's emotional plea to Jacinda Ardern to fund life saving drug for rare disease
15 April 2019 - The parents of two young girls diagnosed with a rare disease have urged Prime Minister Jacinda ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
PHARMAC's early access scheme needs work - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
16 April 2019 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admits work needs to be done on PHARMAC's early access scheme, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
Why PHARMAC should fund SMA drug
14 April 2019 - How must it feel to make decisions upon which lives depend? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
Saving Charlotte: Bennett to present Parliament with petition calling for funding of SMA drug
14 April 2019 - A 15,000-strong petition calling on PHARMAC to fund a drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
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 ...