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Are Kiwis dying because the Government won't fund cancer drugs?
5 February 2019 - Are New Zealanders dying unnecessarily because the Government won't fund cancer drugs that are considered standard ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
'Difficult situation': cancer patient leads pleas for better Government funding of treatments
4 February 2019 - A group of major cancer charities has united to call for better Government funding for new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
Time for inquiry into PHARMAC's funding of cancer drugs
4 February 2019 - Labour promised voters world class cancer care but, of all the rocks I've looked under, I ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Northland father-of-three forced to sell 'dream home' to fund cancer treatment
1 February 2019 - A 36-year-old Whangarei father-of-three is preparing to sell his family's "dream home" to fund a cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Health minister promises dying dad that NZ will improve cancer treatment
31 January 2019 - Health Minister David Clark promised to harness "a once in a lifetime" opportunity to improve treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
World-leading breast cancer expert calls on PHARMAC to make two new breast cancer drugs more affordable
3 February 2019 - Dr Fatima Cardoso is considered a world authority on breast cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2019
'We're giving up too soon': advanced breast cancer expert calls for attitude change in NZ
31 January 2019 - Kiwi women are dying of advanced breast cancer twice as fast as people in comparable countries. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2019
Ibrance: tough pill to swallow for two Rotorua women fighting for lives
26 January 2019 - One Rotorua woman has had to sell her rental property to pay the thousands of dollars ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2019
Northland dad with brain tumour needs $60k to fund drug to extend his life
22 January 2019 - A Northland father-of-four with an aggressive brain tumour is desperate to see his daughters grow up ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2019
PHARMAC publishes PTAC outcome for nivolumab in renal cell carcinoma
22 January 2019 - The Committee reviewed the application for nivolumab for the second-line treatment of relapsed clear cell renal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2019
PTAC recommends Keytruda for patients with non-small cell lung cancer
22 January 2019 - PTAC reviewed an application from Merck Sharpe and Dohme for the funding of pembrolizumab in combination ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2019
Tauranga women fighting cancer, and fighting the system
19 January 2019 - Two Tauranga woman, each living with a terminal diagnosis, are calling for an independent inquiry into ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2019
Paying it forward: man pledges $1million to get life-saving cancer treatment in NZ
31 December 2018 - The Herald speaks with Kiwis who have been on the edge of death, had their world ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2019
Kaitaia woman's life and death choice as PHARMAC says no to funding drug
28 December 2018 - Kaitaia mum Donna MacMillan is a glass-half-full kind of person despite being terminally ill with advanced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2018
Breast cancer drug lobbyists let down by PHARMAC's response to funding
20 December 2018 - Breast cancer sufferers have been dealt a blow in their mission to have life-extending drugs funded ...