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PHARMAC approves funding for treatment for 'mighty Mon'
14 January 2018 - A woman fighting cancer for the third time - and who was told she may only ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2018
Significant step forward for treating people with head and neck cancer
21 December 2018 - Funding cetuximab for patients with head and neck cancer will be a significant advance for treating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2017
Decision to fund cetuximab for head and neck cancer
20 December 2017 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce our decision to fund cetuximab (Erbitux) from 1 February 2018 for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2017
Cancer patients in New Zealand waiting months for treatment as hospitals struggle to cope
13 December 2017 - Cancer patients around the country are waiting months to receive their first bout of potentially life-saving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2017
Miracle drug keeping Eva McGauley's cancer at bay
10 December 2017 - Terminally ill teenager Eva McGauley is appealing for help to pay for a life-saving new cancer drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2017
Auckland mum is having to self-fund drugs to extend her life
28 November 2017 - All Megan Casey wants to do is see her children get married and be a grandmother. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Nov 2017
New Zealand cancer patients renew call for more funded medicines, as report reveals 682 million dollar 'hole'
22 November 2017 - Cancer patients say they are sick of paying for their own survival after an independent report ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2017
'Mind the gap' revisited
6 November 2017 - John Zalcberg and I note with interest the article by Evans et al recently published in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2017
Missing out on cancer drugs
12 October 2017 - A letter to the Editor of the New Zealand Herald from the Managing Director of MSD ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2017
Why is Keytruda funded for melanoma, but not lung cancer?
1 October 2017 - Is it fair that melanoma gets funded for a particular drug while lung cancer doesn't? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2017
Mother of three's life has $5900 a month price tag
24 September 2017 - Imagine having a price tag on your life. For Rebekah Sands-Cade it's $5900 a month. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2017
'Miracle drug' Keytruda should be funded, patients say
26 September 2017 - A 44-year-old father of four given six to nine months to live when he was diagnosed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
New breast cancer drug could buy Greerton woman time
9 September 2017 - Bay woman Margaret Richardson has been told she will eventually lose her battle with cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2017
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 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 ...