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PHARMAC confirms widened access for the funded flu vaccine
2 March 2023 - PHARMAC is widening access to the annual funded flu vaccine to tamariki aged 6 months to 12 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2022
PHARMAC widens flu vaccine access to increase uptake
27 June 2022 - PHARMAC today announced that it is permanently widening access to the annual funded flu vaccine to people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2022
Concerns two different flu vaccines create two tier system for 65 and overs
8 April 2022 - PHARMAC is being accused of kicking an own goal on flu jabs, after those aged 65 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2022
ProCare supports PHARMAC’s proposal to widen access to the flu vaccine
18 March 2022 - Leading health care provider ProCare has today made a submission in support of PHARMAC’s proposal to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2022
PHARMAC proposes widened access to the flu vaccine for Māori and Pacific peoples for 2022 season
8 March 2022 - PHARMAC is consulting on a proposal to widen access to the funded influenza vaccine to include Māori ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Flu vaccine price increase
1 March 2022 - PHARMAC has confirmed that the purchase price of the annual influenza vaccine will increase by $2 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2020
Influenza vaccinations for 2020
29 April 2020 - There will be 1.768 million doses of influenza vaccine available this flu season, a 30% (400,000 doses) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2019
Thousands more doses of the flu jab are on the way
7 July 2019 - The Ministry of Health has announced this morning 55,000 more doses of flu vaccine will arrive ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2019
‘This is not the Trump hearing’ – PHARMAC deny accusations by National MP of tampering with Northland vaccine order
19 June 2019 - Tensions rose in a Parliament committee between Whangāreu MP Dr Shane Reti and PHARMAC. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2019
PHARMAC unlikely to get back-up flu vaccines before season over
7 June 2019 - PHARMAC says it is unlikely it will be able to get more flu vaccine supplies before ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2018
PHARMAC turns down DHB request for free flu vaccine for 'super spreader' kids
24 April 2018 - Health authorities are bracing for a potentially deadly flu season in New Zealand this winter after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2018
Influenza vaccine for 2018 season
12 February 2018 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce a quadrivalent influenza vaccine will be supplied for the 2018 influenza ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2016
Agreement for supply of influenza vaccine approved by PHARMAC
5 August 2016 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of an agreement with BGP Products Pty Ltd (trading as ...