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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2017
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 September 2017
1 September 2017 - The September 2017 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2017
Restricted drug treatments for people with MS justified
28 August 2017 - New research justifies increased access to restricted drug treatments for people with multiple sclerosis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2017
Bitter pill to swallow: potentially life-saving drugs remain unfunded for more than a decade
23 August 2017 - A breast cancer drug known to extend life for up to eight months has languished for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2017
Breast cancer sufferer Claire McLintock fundraising for new drug palbociclib
12 August 2017 - Claire McLintock knows she will eventually die of cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2017
'We've got a health system that's the envy of the world,' minister tells cancer charities
9 August 2017 - The world is green with envy when it looks at our health system, Health Minister Jonathan ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
RFP - supply of a first line enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of Gaucher disease
7 August 2017 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of a first line enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2017
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 August 2017
1 August 2017 - The August 2017 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2017
Nicotine replacement therapy
21 July 2017 - PHARMAC proposes to continue to fund the Habitrol brand of nicotine gum, lozenges and patches supplied ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2017
Proposal to change aripiprazole access and brand
20 July 2017 - PHARMAC proposes two key changes to the funding of aripiprazole tablets, an antipsychotic medicine for use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
RFP - supply of entecavir and tenofovir disoproxil tablets or capsules
19 July 2017 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of entecavir and tenofovir disoproxil in New Zealand. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2017
Labour pledges to fund anti-HIV meds
16 July 2017 - The Labour Party is accusing the government of dragging its heels on funding a drug which could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2017
Update on proposal to fund ferric carboxymaltose infusions in the community
13 July 2017 - PHARMAC would like to advise all interested parties that there will be a delay in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2017
Pacific communities in New Zealand respond to PHARMAC's new strategy
6 July 2017 - New Zealand's drug buying agency PHARMAC is working with Pacific communities to improve access to, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2017
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2017
1 July 2017 - The July 2017 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...