MAESTrO: Blog

Prioritising pills for the people: getting new medicines on schedule a complex process, by New Zealand Doctor

2 February 2024 - The funding of pharmaceuticals is an issue that often makes its way into news headlines. PHARMAC Director, ...

3 March 2023 - "There are 30 actions we committed to in the interim response – these are part of ...

7 December 2020 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is defending Labour's "perfectly reasonable" decision to veto a PHARMAC inquiry led ...

7 October 2020 - PHARMAC is standardising the way medicines are contracted, providing better support to health care professionals when ...

1 October 2020 - To help make the decision-making process clearer, PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal for the ...

4 December 2019 - From 1 January 2020, PHARMAC will assess funding applications for new cancer medicines at the same ...

26 November 2019 - Measles vaccinations in the south will likely go back to being distributed by PHARMAC after being ...

13 February 2019 - The government's drug-buying agency has announced it has begun an internal review following a petition and ...

10 October 2016 - New e-portal for PHARMAC’s annual tender now available to trial. ...