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PHARMAC to fund new treatments for breast and blood cancer
14 February 2024 - PHARMAC is funding two new cancer treatments, for advanced breast cancer, and for blood cancer, which will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2024
Desperate PHARMAC plea from family selling cans for unfunded myeloma cancer drugs
11 February 2024 - Multiple myeloma, a common blood cancer, is incurable, but can be survived for years with the right ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2024
PHARMAC to fully fund testosterone gel for all who need it
8 February 2024 - PHARMAC is funding testosterone gel without restrictions as an additional testosterone treatment for anyone who needs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2024
Call for time limits on PHARMAC's drug assessment process
4 February 2024 - The Cancer Society says it is great to see the new government invest in cancer drugs, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2024
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 February 2024
1 February 2024 - The February 2024 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2024
PHARMAC - 2023 in review (Part 2)
23 January 2024 - This week, we have reviewed the listing of innovative (patent protected) health care technologies in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2024
PHARMAC - 2023 in review
17 January 2024 - 2023 was yet another dismal year for New Zealanders in terms of them being able to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jan 2024
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 January 2024
1 January 2024 - The January 2024 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Dec 2023
Father of two has to get cancer treatment in Germany after PHARMAC complications
21 December 2023 - An Auckland man has resorted to treatment for an aggressive bone marrow cancer in Germany after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2023
PHARMAC proposes to fund treatments for breast and blood cancer
12 December 2023 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund two new treatments for advanced breast cancer and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2023
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 December 2023
1 December 2023 - The December 2023 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2023
PHARMAC calls for applications for medicines for rare disorders
13 November 2023 - PHARMAC is calling for applications for medicines to treat rare disorders. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2023
Paddy Gower has issues: blind, solo mum desperate for PHARMAC to fund life-changing medicine so she can see her kids
8 November 2023 - We sat in a field of wild daisies. Bright white and yellow against a backdrop of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2023
PHARMAC asked to reconsider funding RSV drug for at risk babies
9 November 2023 - Paediatricians and neonatal experts are pleading with PHARMAC to rethink its decision to stop funding a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Nov 2023
PHARMAC proposing to fully fund testosterone gel for all who need it
8 November 2023 - PHARMAC is consulting on a proposal to fund testosterone gel without restrictions as an additional testosterone ...