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RSS FeedPosted 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 13 Jul 2020
Doctors and patients anxious after pharma giant Apotex quits New Zealand
13 July 2020 - A patient advocate group says a pharmaceutical giant's decision to pull out of the New Zealand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2020
Spinraza could give teen a longer life, but Government says it's too expensive
28 April 2020 - A Greymouth father is battling for PHARMAC funding for a drug he hopes can help his ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
Pharmaceutical policy reforms to regulate drug prices in the Asia Pacific Region: the case of Australia, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, and South Korea
13 June 2019 - Medicine price directly affects affordability and access to medicines particularly in countries where a major portion of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2019
Drug company boss calls for inquiry over breast cancer drug prices
16 April 2019 - A drug company head says the government should hold an inquiry into the prices pharmaceutical firms charge ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Drug companies need to make costs more reasonable
16 October 2018 - Hundreds of women and their families marched on Parliament today to urge the funding of two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2018
Who knows the true cost of medicines?
1 October 2018 - PHARMAC director of operations Lisa Williams says the drug-buying system delivers good value for Kiwis, even though ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
President Donald Trump wants to build a drug cartel – and wants New Zealand to pay for it
13 May 2018 - Accusing other countries of "freeloading", US President Donald Trump has announced plans to make countries like ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
Jacinda Ardern: PHARMAC will be protected in trade deals after Trump threats
12 May 2018 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has assured New Zealanders that PHARMAC will be protected in future trade ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2018
Can Donald Trump really change the cost of New Zealand drugs?
13 May 2018 - In a speech announcing "the most sweeping action in history to lower prices for prescription drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2017
Potential drug price hike could be a hard pill to swallow
3 February 2017 - New Zealand may have to swallow higher drug prices if it wants a trade deal with the ...