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Proposal to amend the distribution and access criteria for dasatinib (Sprycel)
18 December 2018 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to amend the distribution arrangements and access criteria for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2018
Frustrated at cancer treatment inequity
13 December 2018 - As appointed ambassador for the Lung Foundation NZ, I feel very frustrated the Government will not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2018
Breast cancer sufferer fighting for life-extending drugs wants PHARMAC inquiry
10 December 2018 - A woman fighting stage 4 breast cancer is a "little shy" of the $77,000 she needs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2018
Kaitaia mum fights PHARMAC for chance to live
6 November 2018 - Kaitaia mother of three Donna MacMillan knows she is dying, but she's not going without a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2018
Two terminal cancer patients: she gets treatment funded, he doesn't
6 November 2018 - Pamela Jones and Baden Ngan Kee were both told they were going to die after being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2018
Cancer patients call for vitamin C infusion to be affordable
1 November 2018 - Cancer patients are forking out hundreds of dollars for vitamin C infusions they say are providing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2018
Review PHARMAC model, urge breast cancer petitioners
25 October 2018 - A group of women battling terminal cancer tell the Herald what they would do with extra time. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2018
NZ patients with ALK positive non-small-cell lung cancer score a minor win
23 October 2018 - PTAC has recommended that alectinib hydrochloride be funded for the first-line treatment of ALK positive, locally ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2018
Lung cancer survivor wants PHARMAC to fund drugs she received in trial
22 October 2018 - Lung cancer patient Marjolein Baas takes the drug ceritinib, one of six lung cancer treatment drugs the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2018
Northland mum Alethea Nathan with lung cancer pleads for publicly-funded medicine
19 October 2018 - Alethea Nathan has lung cancer, she is relying on her Life Insurance payout to cover the high ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Breast cancer sufferers march on Parliament calling on PHARMAC to fund two 'game-changer' drugs
16 October 2018 - Women with breast cancer and their supporters marched to Parliament today calling for PHARMAC to fund ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2018
Te Awamutu mother fights for cancer drug dollars as clock winds down
15 October 2018 - Hussey wants funding for Ibrance, and will travel to Wellington to help present a petition. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
Cancer patients fight for life-extending drugs: 'everyone deserves a decent chance
15 October 2018 - Krystal Hekau can't afford housing but has been told the drugs to keep her alive will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
Tauranga cancer sufferer Tracy Barr-Smith's fighting for a longer life
13 October 2018 - Barr-Smith has stage four metastatic breast cancer – advanced breast cancer which has spread to other parts ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
'Don't write us off': advanced breast cancer patients lobby for access to drugs
11 October 2018 - Nicki Ball, who has advanced breast cancer, has signed a petition calling on Pharmac to fund ...