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 1 May 2025.
Pharmac’s Director Pharmaceuticals, Geraldine MacGibbon, expects about 13,000 people with diabetes will benefit from this insulin in the first year of funding, increasing to about 18,000 after five years.
