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PBS Growth Hormone Program (Paediatric Use) - 1 February 2019 listing changes
1 February 2019 - Changes to the PBS restrictions for growth hormone treatment (paediatric use), which set out the eligibility ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Jacinda Ardern: not fair to compare PHARMAC with Australia's system
5 February 2019 - Jacinda Ardern told The AM Show New Zealand's drug buying agency has "been pointed to as being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Are Kiwis dying because the Government won't fund cancer drugs?
5 February 2019 - Are New Zealanders dying unnecessarily because the Government won't fund cancer drugs that are considered standard ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Biosimilar uptake drivers
5 February 2019 - Information about Government initiatives to encourage the use of biosimilars is now available on the PBS website. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
UK patient activist group takes aim at Orkambi patent
4 February 2019 - Calls to bypass patent adds to pressure on Vertex. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
'Difficult situation': cancer patient leads pleas for better Government funding of treatments
4 February 2019 - A group of major cancer charities has united to call for better Government funding for new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
Let’s make 2019 the year Canada finally gets pharmacare
4 February 2019 - Last week, Reuters reported that the Trudeau government is planning to introduce pharmacare in its next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
Time for inquiry into PHARMAC's funding of cancer drugs
4 February 2019 - Labour promised voters world class cancer care but, of all the rocks I've looked under, I ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
Mother of four is denied cancer drug that could save her life
2 February 2019 - A British nurse with four children is being denied potentially life-saving cancer treatment that was approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
Calls for action on patients denied £100,000 cystic fibrosis drug
4 February 2019 - Ministers urged to consider revoking patent on life-extending Orkambi, which NHS cannot afford. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Northland father-of-three forced to sell 'dream home' to fund cancer treatment
1 February 2019 - A 36-year-old Whangarei father-of-three is preparing to sell his family's "dream home" to fund a cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Health minister promises dying dad that NZ will improve cancer treatment
31 January 2019 - Health Minister David Clark promised to harness "a once in a lifetime" opportunity to improve treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
World-leading breast cancer expert calls on PHARMAC to make two new breast cancer drugs more affordable
3 February 2019 - Dr Fatima Cardoso is considered a world authority on breast cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Erenumab in migraine: indication of a significant added benefit for certain patients
2 February 2019 - As a prophylaxis successful when other drug therapies are exhausted. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2019
NICE recommends another revolutionary CAR T-cell therapy for adults with lymphoma
1 February 2019 - Adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma will be able to access another revolutionary chimeric ...