Updated information about PHARMAC's priority lists

8 October 2024 - PHARMAC’s quarterly Pūahoaho Report provides the latest information about applications for medicines, vaccines, and related products that ...

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Significant step forward proposed for bowel cancer

5 August 2024 - PHARMAC is looking to fund a medicine for bowel cancer that would help people live longer. ...

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PHARMAC proposes to widen access to urinary tract infections treatment and fund a new epilepsy treatment

18 July 2024 - PHARMAC is consulting on improving access to treatment for urinary tract infections, as well as providing ...

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PHARMAC ‘on notice’ as cancer patient advocates welcome ‘incredible’ medicines spend

25 June 2024 - Advocates of cancer patients say PHARMAC is now “on notice” to deliver the 26 Government-funded cancer ...

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Funding boost means more medicines for more New Zealanders

24 June 2024 - PHARMAC welcomes the Government’s funding boost which will see about 175,000 more people receiving the medicines they ...

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Too much politics clouding cancer drugs process, decision - PHARMAC minister

20 June 2024 - There is a danger cancer patients are being overlooked in the political points-scoring that has arisen ...

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National cancer drug promise: PHARMAC Minister won’t guarantee those 13 drugs will be funded

19 June 2024 - The minister responsible for New Zealand’s drugbuying agency PHARMAC is at odds with the Minister of ...

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Government ignored funding process with cancer drug promise - former PHARMAC chair

11 June 2024 - The National Party has stepped outside of the drug procurement process when they promised to fund ...

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New cancer drug funding to be announced this year, Christopher Luxon

4 June 2024 - Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government is aiming to make an announcement on funding cancer ...

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Budget 2024 health: no funding for promised cancer drugs disappoints breast cancer patient - extension to screening welcomed

30 May 2024 - A cancer patient is disappointed with a lack of funding for new medicines in Budget 2024, ...

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PHARMAC funding will not stretch to new medicines - chief executive

29 April 2024 - A multi-million dollar budget boost for PHARMAC will only keep the lights on, doctors and patient ...

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Government boosts PHARMAC funding by $1.7 billion as inaugural medicines summit begins

29 April 2024 - The Government will boost PHARMAC’s budget by more than $1.7 billion over the next four years, ...

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PHARMAC's perpetually stretched budget

18 April 2024 - PHARMAC holds the keys to New Zealand's medicine cabinet, and what it dishes out is never enough. ...

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‘Fund PHARMAC properly’: health advocate’s countrywide journey to discuss medicine funding

10 October 2023 - Patient Voice Aotearoa’s My Life Matters Roadshow came to an end, culminating in a political debate ...

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ACT calls for "productivity focus" for PHARMAC

3 September 2023 - The policy was discussed on Q+A with Jack Tame by new candidate Todd Stephenson, who has ...

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