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Former bowel cancer patient calls for NZ to fund drug she says saved her life
26 January 2022 - A woman with bowel cancer who was told she may have two years to live says ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2022
PHARMAC confirms access criteria for COVID-19 treatments
26 January 2022 - PHARMAC has today confirmed the access criteria for two COVID-19 treatments – baricitinib and casirivimab with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2022
PHARMAC - 2021 in review
17 January 2022 - PHARMAC released its Year in Review for 2021 in late December. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Dec 2021
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 January 2022
1 January 2022 - The January 2022 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Dec 2021
PHARMAC publishes experts’ advice and seeks views on patient access criteria for COVID-19 treatments
22 December 2021 - PHARMAC is releasing the October meeting records of their COVID-19 clinical expert advisory group and seeking feedback ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2021
PHARMAC’s year in review
20 December 2021 - Today PHARMAC has released its Year in Review for 2021, an annual publication highlighting key aspects of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2021
PHARMAC bundle deal life-giving for some cancer patients, but medics say NZ still 'playing catch up' for best treatments
16 December 2021 - About 100 patients with stage 3 lung cancer stand to gain extra years of life from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2021
PHARMAC looking to fund medicines for lung and ovarian cancer
16 December 2021 - PHARMAC is considering funding a bundle deal which would give New Zealanders more effective treatment options for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2021
PHARMAC still stalled on lung cancer drug
14 December 2021 - Lung cancer sufferers are still waiting on PHARMAC to reverse a decision made more than a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2021
Where to now for PHARMAC?
10 December 2021 - The interim report of the review of PHARMAC has just been published, with the thrust of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2021
Funding Keytruda for melanoma but not for lung cancer is racist, health advocates say
8 December 2021 - PHARMAC has been accused of institutional racism and breaching the Treaty of Waitangi for funding drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2021
Critics blame diabetes deaths on PHARMAC taking years to fund new drug
6 December 2021 - Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa says PHARMAC's delay funding new diabetes drugs has led to many deaths in Māori ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2021
Shining a light on PHARMAC
6 December 2021 - It is encouraging to read the country’s drug buying agency PHARMAC is already moving to improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2021
PHARMAC negotiates deal with Pfizer for its promising new oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19
6 December 2021 - PHARMAC has negotiated an agreement with Pfizer for its promising new oral anti-viral treatment to treat ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2021
PHARMAC in review (2021) - part 2
3 December 2021 - As expected, the interim report fails to address the elephant in the room. ...