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New Zealand's access to funded medicines 'well behind the rest of the world'
12 August 2019 - New Zealand has the worst access to funded modern medicines of 20 OECD countries, a report ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2019
Comparing PHARMAC's outcomes with those of Australia
7 February 2019 - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ahern's claim that is unfair to compare PHARMAC's outcomes with those ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Jacinda Ardern: not fair to compare PHARMAC with Australia's system
5 February 2019 - Jacinda Ardern told The AM Show New Zealand's drug buying agency has "been pointed to as being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2018
Outdated public funding model failing New Zealand patients
9 October 2018 - Publicly funded modern medicines are out of reach for many patients in New Zealand according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2017
Mind the gap - an analysis of cancer medicines in New Zealand and Australia
2 February 2017 - When it comes making a difference in people’s lives, it’s not about how many medicines you ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2016
Subsidised access to new melanoma drugs: in need of further innovation?
19 August 2016 - New Zealand is now the melanoma capital of the world but is behind the rest of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2016
New Zealand’s medicines landscape
8 April 2016 - Medicines New Zealand believes New Zealanders deserve better access to medicines when they need them. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2015
Pharmac hits back at claims Australia has better access to high-cost cancer drugs
3 November 2015 - Pharmac has rebuffed claims New Zealanders have less access to cutting-edge cancer treatments, commissioning research they say ...