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Pharmacist prescribers able to prescribe special authority medicines
1 October 2020 - Some medicines are only funded under certain conditions to ensure access to medicines is available for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2020
PHARMAC considering a new way of contracting for medicines
4 August 2020 - Consultation has gone out today to health professionals and is available on PHARMAC’s website for anyone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2020
PHARMAC removes dispensing restrictions' - now distributing three months' supply
30 July 2020 - The majority of the temporary dispensing restrictions placed upon Government-funded medicine will be removed on Saturday. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2020
Paracetamol: supply issue
28 July 2020 - API Consumer Brands has advised PHARMAC that they continue to have a supply issue for Pharmacare paracetamol ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
COVID-19: PHARMAC warns pandemic could disrupt supply of paracetamol, other medicines
21 July 2020 - PHARMAC warns the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt not only the supply of paracetamol, but other medications ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2020
Paracetamol 500 mg tablets in short supply at pharmacies
17 July 2020 - PHARMAC has today updated health care professionals that paracetamol 500 mg tablets for dispensing in pharmacies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
PHARMAC asks COVID-19 vaccine developers to let Kiwi businesses make doses under contract in New Zealand
14 July 2020 - PHARMAC has sent a “shout out to the world” as a step towards securing its share ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
Proposed changes to PHARMAC model could ease brand switch issues
14 July 2020 - The way New Zealand secures its medicines could be changing, as the Government’s drug buying agency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2020
Request for information - COVID-19 vaccine research, manufacture and supply
13 July 2020 - PHARMAC, on behalf of the New Zealand Government COVID-19 vaccine strategy task force, is seeking information regarding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2020
PHARMAC to remove medicine dispensing restrictions
9 July 2020 - Most funded medicines will return to all at once dispensing because PHARMAC is removing most of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2020
A million Kiwis to be impacted by major pharmaceutical company leaving New Zealand
3 July 2020 - More than a million Kiwis may need to change to different medications before the end of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2020
PHARMAC says US can't prevent us accessing medicines
2 July 2020 - PHARMAC is reassuring the country that the United States can't stop us from accessing medications. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2020
Calls to review PHARMAC model after more drug shortages
22 June 2020 - There are calls to review PHARMAC's use of sole supply agreements with drug manufacturers in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2020
PHARMAC switching anti-depressants too frequently - advocates
8 June 2020 - People who rely on consistent supply of medication are concerned about a planned brand switch of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2020
Independent review of lamotrigine sole supply decision by PHARMAC
5 June 2020 - The review was published on the PHARMAC website today and shared with people who had been ...