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TPP: no reason big pharma supply would stop
26 April 2016 - Trade Minister Todd McClay says he sees no reason why big pharmaceutical firms would stop supplying ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2016
Outcomes from the PTAC February 2016 meeting
22 April 2016 - The outcomes from the February 2016 PTAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2016
Cancer drug saves Masterton war veteran
22 April 2016 - Since recovering from suspected incurable melanoma, 73-year-old Bob 'Bukit' Hill jumped off Auckland's Sky Tower, received his ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2016
'She's coming after the rest of you'
17 April 2016 - Partner writes angry letter to the cancer killing the love of his life. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2016
Proposal to list bedaquiline fumarate (Sirturo) and siltuximab (Sylvant) for rare disorders
12 April 2016 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list bedaquiline fumarate (Sirturo) and siltuximab (Sylvant) resulting from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2016
PHARMAC notification of decision to fund cinacalcet hydrochloride (Sensipar) for parathyroid carcinoma and calciphylaxis
12 April 2016 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce a decision to list cinacalcet hydrochloride (Sensipar) on the Pharmaceutical Schedule through ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2016
New Zealand patients call for cannabis
11 April 2016 - A Northland family believe a lack of funding for medicinal marijuana is preventing people from applying ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2016
New Zealand’s medicines landscape
8 April 2016 - Medicines New Zealand believes New Zealanders deserve better access to medicines when they need them. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2016
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 April 2016 update
1 April 2016 - The April 2016 update to the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule notes the listing of many new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2016
Kiwi mum petitions for free sunscreen as NZ overtakes Australia's melanoma rate
31 March 2016 - A Kiwi mother is petitioning the Government to provide free sunscreen for all children, after it was ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Mar 2016
RFP - supply of bortezomib
16 March 2016 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of bortezomib in New Zealand. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2016
Proposal to list cinacalcet (Sensipar) on the Pharmaceutical Schedule for parathyroid carcinoma and calciphylaxis
11 March 2016 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list cinacalcet (Sensipar) on the Pharmaceutical Schedule through a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2016
Supply of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues
9 March 2016 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues in New Zealand. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2016
'Real, urgent' plight for melanoma patients hoping for better Keytruda funding
7 March 2016 - Pharmac's assignment of a low-funding priority to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for advanced melanoma has brought cancer drug funding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2016
Drug spend a hard pill to swallow
6 March 2016 - If my child was dying of a disease and there was a drug that could help her ...