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PHARMAC confirms continued access to Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine
1 September 2025 - PHARMAC has secured a new supply agreement with Pfizer to continue funding the Comirnaty brand of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2025
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 September 2025
1 September 2025 - The September 2025 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2025
PHARMAC to update access and supply of COVID-19 treatments
11 August 2025 - Pharmac will simplify the criteria for people accessing COVID-19 anti-viral medicines and will align the funding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2025
PHARMAC expands access to meningococcal B vaccine for children under 5
31 July 2025 - PHARMAC is extending access to the meningococcal B vaccine (Bexsero), with up to 77,000 more children ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2025
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 August 2025
1 August 2025 - - The August 2025 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2025
Release of provisional recommendations for expert advisory committees
1 July 2025 - We’re improving our processes, so that people can understand the outcome of expert advice to PHARMAC earlier. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2025
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2025
1 July 2025 - The July 2025 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2025
PHARMAC funding U turn for patients
16 June 2025 - Associate Health Minister David Seymour says the oestradiol patch funding decision is an example of PHARMAC’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2025
PHARMAC to fund two brands of oestradiol patches from 1 December 2025
16 June 2025 - PHARMAC will fund two brands of oestradiol patches – Estradot and Estradiol TDP Mylan – from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2025
PHARMAC declines inactive medicine applications
18 June 2025 - PHARMAC has declined 48 inactive funding applications so that it is clearer what medicines are currently ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2025
New Chief Executive for PHARMAC
17 June 2025 - PHARMAC’s Board has appointed a new Chief Executive to lead the organisation. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2025
Schedule rule changes will improve continuity of cancer care
23 May 2025 - PHARMAC is proposing a change to the Pharmaceutical Schedule rules, which if agreed, would give New ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2025
PHARMAC seeks feedback on updates to COVID-19 antiviral medicines
9 May 2025 - PHARMAC has today opened consultation on a proposal to simplify the criteria for people accessing COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2025
PHARMAC funds and widens access to melanoma medicines
9 May 2025 - PHARMAC is funding more medicines for people with skin cancer (melanoma), from 1 June 2025. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2025
13,000 people to benefit from new insulin medicine
11 April 2025 - Pharmac will fund a new type of insulin for people with diabetes, branded as Ryzodeg, from ...