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Parents demanding PHARMAC funding boost unleash on politicians at Parliament steps
22 January 2020 - The parents of a daughter with cystic fibrosis have cycled 1300 km from Dunedin to Wellington ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2020
PHARMAC considering new medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus
15 January 2020 - PHARMAC is seeking proposals from pharmaceutical suppliers for new medicines that could help New Zealanders living ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
It's given me so much hope': PHARMAC announces breast cancer drug deal
15 January 2020 - Wiki Mulholland has watched friends die around her since her terminal breast cancer diagnosis 18 months ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
PHARMAC seeking views on new breast cancer medicine
15 January 2020 - PHARMAC has reached a provisional agreement with medicine supplier Pfizer to fund palbociclib (marketed as Ibrance) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
Coffin drawn through Timaru draws attention to health care 'truth'
14 January 2020 - Camilla and Julian Cox cycled into Timaru on Monday pulling a coffin behind their tandem as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2020
Public hospital system being stretched to the limit
7 January 2020 - The nation’s public hospitals are “stretched to the max” and are beginning to buckle under the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jan 2020
Adding patient reported outcomes to Medicare’s oncology value-based payment model
2 January 2020 - On 1 November 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center released details of a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jan 2020
Dunedin couple towing coffin to Parliament in bid to double PHARMAC budget
3 January 2020 - A Dunedin couple is towing a coffin behind a tandem bike to Parliament in a call ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
PBS Growth Hormone Program - 1 January 2020 listing changes
18 December 2019 - Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme restrictions for growth hormone treatment (adult use), which set out ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
Funding of vitamin A oral liquid
18 December 2019 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce that PHARMAC has approved the use of the Exceptional Circumstances framework ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
Proposal to fund mepolizumab for the treatment of severe refractory eosinophilic asthma
18 December 2019 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund mepolizumab (Nucala), a new treatment for severe ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2019
Vertex and Republic of Ireland expand long-term cystic fibrosis medicines reimbursement agreement to include triple combination therapy for all eligible patients ages 12 and over once licensed
13 December 2019 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals today confirmed that, following recent collaborative discussions, it has negotiated an agreement with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2019
Drug company's affiliate 'cashing in' on opioid overdoses with new cure – subsidised by Australian Government
16 December 2019 - The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2019
Decision to award sole supply for fluticasone and fluticasone with salmeterol metered dose inhalers
12 December 2019 - PHARMAC has made a decision to make changes to the funded brands of fluticasone and fluticasone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2019
Public hospitals 'going backwards'
11 December 2019 - Australia's top doctors say the country's hospitals are "going backwards" as more patients wait longer for ...