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15 March 2024 - Pharmac has decided to keep Rule 8.1b, which allows medicines for treating children with cancer to ...

29 February 2024 - PHARMAC understands that people living with rare disorders face many challenges, including access to health care ...

28 February 2024 - PHARMAC is changing its process so it can assess a funding application at the same time Medsafe ...

23 February 2024 - A West Coast dad is receiving “outdated treatment” for his leukaemia because PHARMAC’s policies are blocking ...

23 February 2024 - Late last year, many of my colleagues returned from the largest international gathering of doctors who ...

15 February 2024 - PHARMAC is proposing to fund five treatments to improve the lives of over 30,000 people in New ...

14 February 2024 - PHARMAC is funding two new cancer treatments, for advanced breast cancer, and for blood cancer, which will ...

11 February 2024 - Multiple myeloma, a common blood cancer, is incurable, but can be survived for years with the right ...

8 February 2024 - PHARMAC is funding testosterone gel without restrictions as an additional testosterone treatment for anyone who needs ...

4 February 2024 - The Cancer Society says it is great to see the new government invest in cancer drugs, ...

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

1 February 2024 - The February 2024 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...

25 January 2024 - PHARMAC has joined the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) - a network ...

23 January 2024 - This week, we have reviewed the listing of innovative (patent protected) health care technologies in the ...