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PHARMAC considering new medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus
15 January 2020 - PHARMAC is seeking proposals from pharmaceutical suppliers for new medicines that could help New Zealanders living ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
It's given me so much hope': PHARMAC announces breast cancer drug deal
15 January 2020 - Wiki Mulholland has watched friends die around her since her terminal breast cancer diagnosis 18 months ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
PHARMAC seeking views on new breast cancer medicine
15 January 2020 - PHARMAC has reached a provisional agreement with medicine supplier Pfizer to fund palbociclib (marketed as Ibrance) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
Coffin drawn through Timaru draws attention to health care 'truth'
14 January 2020 - Camilla and Julian Cox cycled into Timaru on Monday pulling a coffin behind their tandem as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jan 2020
Dunedin couple towing coffin to Parliament in bid to double PHARMAC budget
3 January 2020 - A Dunedin couple is towing a coffin behind a tandem bike to Parliament in a call ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
Funding of vitamin A oral liquid
18 December 2019 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce that PHARMAC has approved the use of the Exceptional Circumstances framework ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
Proposal to fund mepolizumab for the treatment of severe refractory eosinophilic asthma
18 December 2019 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund mepolizumab (Nucala), a new treatment for severe ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2019
Decision to award sole supply for fluticasone and fluticasone with salmeterol metered dose inhalers
12 December 2019 - PHARMAC has made a decision to make changes to the funded brands of fluticasone and fluticasone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Proposals for funding in the blood, alimentary and immunosuppressant therapy areas
9 December 2019 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on proposals to widen funded access to medicines in the blood, alimentary ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2019
Patient advocacy group demands doubling of PHARMAC budget to fund life-saving treatments
3 December 2019 - A group of patient advocates are calling for PHARMAC's billion-dollar budget to be doubled so it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2019
Changes to wastage funding
27 November 2019 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal relating to how it funds discarded medicines (“wastage”) in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2019
Hundreds of Kiwis battling leukaemia given hope with funding of new drug
4 November 2019 - Hundreds of Kiwis battling leukaemia cancer have been given hope, with PHARMAC today announcing funding for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2019
Proposal to widen access to rituximab and change the funded brand for all funded indications excluding rheumatoid arthritis
31 October 2019 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to make changes to the funded brand of rituximab, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2019
Battle for life-saving drugs now harder as PHARMAC absorbs $5m rare disorders fund
29 October 2019 - A $5 million fund set up by PHARMAC in 2014 to address rare disorders no longer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
'You can't ignore cost': PHARMAC bosses recognise drug-buying constraints, promise transparency
23 October 2019 - PHARMAC's chief executive Sarah Fitt is defending the drug-buying agency in the face of petitioners calling ...