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TLV's web application for TNF inhibitors shows room for savings
15 October 2021 - The TLV, has developed a web application that will show the regions' use of TNF inhibitors ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2021
70 percent of Kiwis want Government to give PHARMAC more money - survey
10 October 2021 - New Zealanders have sent a clear message to the Government to fund medicines better or their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2021
Medicare expansion and a lower eligibility age are included in Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget plan
9 August 2021 - There’s no guarantee that these proposals will make it through the full legislative process. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
Treasury wanted Labour to break all health election promises bar one
5 August 2021 - Treasury told the Government to kick its election promises like funding for PHARMAC, cochlear implants, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2021
Sweden's cost of medicines is increasing
15 June 2021 - Sweden's costs for pharmaceuticals have risen by approximately SEK 2 billion between 2019 and 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
Budget 2021: Health boost for PHARMAC and funding for Māori Health Authority
20 May 2021 - Health Minister Andrew Little said it was one of the biggest increases PHARMAC had ever had ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
Boring Budget 2021 reinforces two tier medicines access system in New Zealand
20 May 2021 - Announcement in the budget today of $200 million over the next four years is simply meeting the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
PHARMAC, dental funding crucial in Budget - National Party
18 May 2021 - Thursday's Budget is being promoted as a Covid-19 Recovery Budget. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2021
Budget 2021–22: generational change and record investment in the health of Australians
11 May 2021 - A joint media release outlining the Morrison Government's $121.4 billion in 2021–22 and $503 billion investment into ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2021
Health front and centre of economic recovery
11 May 2021 - Treasurer Josh Frydenberg places the nation’s health, wellbeing and recovery from COVID-19 front and centre of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2021
PHARMAC's budget hole hundreds of millions of dollars deep
29 April 2021 - For the first time, the Government's drug-buying agency has released figures about its 'options for investment' ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
Budget is why PHARMAC is letting down New Zealanders, CEO says
22 October 2020 - PHARMAC is struggling to cater to the demand of Kiwis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2020
Budget 2020-21: Improving Access to Medicines – improving administration of the PBS and patient support programs
6 October 2020 - A one page Budget 2020-21 fact sheet that is heavy on political spin and light on hard ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Oct 2020
Improving access to medicines
6 October 2020 - The 2020-2021 Budget creates a landmark PBS New Medicines Funding Guarantee. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2020
Labour's promised PHARMAC boost 'not enough'
30 September 2020 - Palmerston North cancer patient Lydia Pei looks likely to have to depend on the community, not ...