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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2017
Breast cancer sufferer Claire McLintock fundraising for new drug palbociclib
12 August 2017 - Claire McLintock knows she will eventually die of cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2017
Daughters' fight to save father's life
25 July 2017 - When Maria and Loren Calder found out their father had lung cancer, they didn't think they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2017
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2017
1 July 2017 - The July 2017 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2017
Cancer patients, children, and people with HIV amongst those to benefit from PHARMAC decisions
15 June 2017 - PHARMAC has announced the funding of five new treatments and wider use of over 30 existing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2017
Bendamustine funding approved
15 June 2017 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of an agreement with Janssen-Cilag for the listing of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2017
Decision relating to various oncology medicines
13 June 2017 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of proposals for various oncology pharmaceuticals, including new listings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2017
National MP urges PHARMAC to consider 'gold standard' neuroendocrine cancer treatment
30 May 2017 - A National MP and chair of Parliament's health committee says it's important PHARMAC consider funding a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2017
New medicines funding for breast cancer still elusive
25 May 2017 - The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) welcomes new funding for the Government’s drug-buying agency, PHARMAC, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2017
Neuroendocrine cancer sufferers take on PHARMAC
20 May 2017 - Jess Spence hurried in from the rain having just finished yoga class. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 May 2017
Proposal to list bendamustine hydrochloride
15 May 2017 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list bendamustine hydrochloride (Ribomustin) through a provisional agreement ...