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PHARMAC publishes agenda for May 2024 PTAC meeting
28 March 2024 - Another slim agenda; one cancer medicine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2024
PHARMAC publishes agenda for next month's PTAC meeting
18 January 2024 - Surprise, surprise yet another underwhelming agenda. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2023
PHARMAC publishes minutes from August 2023 PTAC meeting
3 December 2023 - The meeting was held on 17-18 August 2023. After looking at the agenda, one asks why did ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Nov 2023
PHARMAC publishes agenda for November 2023 PTAC meeting
8 November 2023 - Another underwhelming agenda; yet again there is no application for a cancer medicine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2023
PHARMAC publishes agenda for this week's PTAC meeting
16 August 2023 - Another underwhelming agenda that was only published after agitation on social media. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2023
PHARMAC publishes minutes from February 2023 PTAC meeting
21 June 2023 - The meeting was held on 16-17 February 2023 in person and via Zoom. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2022
PHARMAC publishes agenda for November 2022 PTAC meeting
21 October 2022 - The agenda for the November 2022 PTAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 May 2022
PHARMAC publishes agenda for May 2022 PTAC meeting
12 May 2022 - Yet another PTAC meeting with very few applications for new medicines/medicines still under patent protection. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2021
PHARMAC publishes record from Feb 2021 PTAC meeting
24 May 2021 - Yet another underwhelming meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2020
Proposal to decline inactive funding applications
1 October 2020 - To help make the decision-making process clearer, PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2020
Proposal relating to Schedule changes made in response to COVID-19
17 June 2020 - Over the last few months, PHARMAC has amended or removed funding criteria for many pharmaceuticals in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2020
Decision to decline inactive medicines funding applications
20 March 2020 - To give people more clarity about what medicines PHARMAC is, or is not, actively considering for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Bad diagnosis: health care system muddled, lacking leadership major report finds
3 September 2019 - The review is being led by former prime minister Helen Clark's chief of staff, Heather Simpson. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
Breast cancer treatments, rare disorders, venlafaxine
27 May 2019 - PHARMAC has published more information on its decisions on the funding of medicines for breast cancer, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2019
Official Information Act response: adrenaline auto-injector cost utility analysis
20 May 2019 - PHARMAC responds to a request for any cost utility analyses performed by PHARMAC in relation to ...