New Zealand, it's time to put Fairness in Focus

20 October 2022 - Medicines New Zealand is today relaunching their digital public awareness platform Fairness in Focus.  ...

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Decision to list a range of medical devices supplied by Biotronik

12 October 2022 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of a listing agreement with Biotronik for the supply ...

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Diabetics won’t be made to pay for alternative medicines, PHARMAC says

13 October 2022 - PHARMAC says people with type 2 diabetes won’t be made to pay for alternative medicines. ...

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Clarity around PHARMAC’s priority lists (October 2022)

13 October 2022 - In March 2022, PHARMAC released its first Pūahoaho (clarity) Report, containing the latest information about its ...

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Thousands of Kiwi with severe asthma given access to newly funded medicine

10 October 2022 - Thousands of Kiwis at higher risk of death from a severe form of respiratory disease will be ...

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Cystic fibrosis: Rotorua mother gives PHARMAC a year to fund Trikafta before moving overseas

13 October 2022 - A desperate Rotorua mother has been told by her doctor to consider getting a lung transplant ...

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Thousands could be affected by shortage of diabetes drug

12 October 2022 - Thousands of people with type 2 diabetes could be affected by a shortage of the drug ...

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PHARMAC looking to fund ulcerative colitis, Crohn's medicine ustekinumab following four year fight

11 October 2022 - PHARMAC is looking to fund life changing medicines for Kiwis fighting Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. ...

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Time to consider changing prescription criteria for ADHD medication - PHARMAC chief medical officer

11 October 2022 - PHARMAC's chief medical officer says it is time to look at changing the strict criteria for ...

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PHARMAC considering more options for people with inflammatory bowel disease

11 October 2022 - PHARMAC has initiated consultation today to fund ustekinumab (Stelara) for people with inflammatory bowel disease and ...

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Monkeypox vaccine not expected in NZ until December as community spread confirmed

10 October 2022 - New Zealand now has community transmission of monkeypox, but a vaccine to protect those at highest ...

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New PHARMAC funded drug will help in the cancer battle - but it's still not enough

5 October 2022 - Lung Foundation New Zealand CEO Philip Hope says funding by PHARMAC of a new cancer drug is ...

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New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 October 2022

1 October 2022 - The October 2022 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...

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‘Underlying guilt’ turns to delight after PHARMAC decision

30 September 2022 - Lani McLeod has had an underlying feeling of guilt for two years that her boys had ...

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Why non-funding of cystic fibrosis treatment is unacceptable

30 September 2022 - Edward Lee has self-funded the Trikafta drug that alleviates the symptoms of his cystic fibrosis since 2019. ...

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