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Hundreds of people with diabetes are set to benefit from the funding of a new treatment that will help prevent blindness
24 October 2017 - From 1 November 2017 dexamethasone implants (brand name Ozurdex) will be funded for eligible people with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2017
Decision to fund dexamethasone implants (Ozurdex)
13 October 2016 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of an agreement with Allergan for the listing of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2017
Missing out on cancer drugs
12 October 2017 - A letter to the Editor of the New Zealand Herald from the Managing Director of MSD ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2017
Why is Keytruda funded for melanoma, but not lung cancer?
1 October 2017 - Is it fair that melanoma gets funded for a particular drug while lung cancer doesn't? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2017
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 October 2017
1 October 2017 - The October 2017 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2017
NZ behind rest of modern world in medicines funding
21 September 2017 - New Zealand is lagging behind the rest of the modern world when it comes to funding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2017
Mother of three's life has $5900 a month price tag
24 September 2017 - Imagine having a price tag on your life. For Rebekah Sands-Cade it's $5900 a month. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2017
'Miracle drug' Keytruda should be funded, patients say
26 September 2017 - A 44-year-old father of four given six to nine months to live when he was diagnosed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2017
3.6 million Kiwis benefit from PHARMAC's model
20 September 2017 - Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says new data shows that PHARMAC is delivering more subsidised medicines, benefiting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2017
Cystic fibrosis sufferers put their hope in a change of Government
17 September 2017 - The parents of a 12-year-old boy who suffers from cystic fibrosis say a Labour victory is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2017
Proposal to fund dexamethasone ocular implants for DMO
15 September 2017 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list dexamethasone 700 mcg ocular implants (Ozurdex) through ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2017
Iron infusions in the community
11 September 2017 - Eligible people will now be able to receive ferric carboxymaltose iron infusions in some general practitioners’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
New breast cancer drug could buy Greerton woman time
9 September 2017 - Bay woman Margaret Richardson has been told she will eventually lose her battle with cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2017
Decision to award sole supply for nicotine replacement therapy
4 September 2017 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of an agreement with GSK for the supply of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2017
Call to fund $5000-a-month drug that 'gives people time'
3 September 2017 - A drug that can give patients with advanced breast cancer a longer life has been approved ...