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PHARMAC announces medicines bundle to provide more treatment options for New Zealanders
14 September 2022 - PHARMAC is considering funding two medicines as part of a new bundle agreement that would offer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2022
Blood cancer patient charity campaigns for PHARMAC to fund medicine
12 September 2022 - Blood cancer patients are urging PHARMAC to fund a medicine that would restore the quality of life ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2022
Pharmac issues RFP for intravenous trastuzumab, a medicine used to treat breast cancer
8 September 2022 - PHARMAC is seeking commercial bids from pharmaceutical suppliers for the supply of intravenous trastuzumab, a ‘biologic’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2022
Blood cancer patients implore PHARMAC to fund desperately needed medicine
7 September 2022 - New Zealanders living with multiple myeloma are mounting a major, evidence-based campaign to press PHARMAC into funding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2022
Call for Keytruda: Bay of Plenty couple needs help funding hefty cancer treatment
1 September 2022 - Tim Pardy thought he'd beat it. Five months later his pancreatic cancer not only returned, but it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2022
PHARMAC makes cancer treatment available to more people
18 August 2022 - PHARMAC has confirmed today they are widening access from 1 September 2022 to a targeted cancer treatment, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2022
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 August 2022
1 August 2022 - The August 2022 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2022
PHARMAC opens door to funding Keytruda in 'biggest step forward in treatment of lung cancer'
6 July 2022 - Keytruda has been called a 'miracle' drug, and there's a glimmer of hope now for those ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2022
PHARMAC considering funding new medicines for lung cancer
6 July 2022 - PHARMAC is seeking proposals from pharmaceutical suppliers for medicines that could treat New Zealanders with lung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2022
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2022
5 July 2022 - The July 2022 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2022
PHARMAC's latest breast cancer drug funding 'way short' - advocate
16 June 2022 - On Wednesday PHARMAC announced $190 million to fund cancer treatments and other medicines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2022
New PHARMAC funded cancer drugs already 'old and cheap', patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland says
16 June 2022 - New cancer drugs that will now be funded by the Government drug buying agency are already ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2022
Cancer, rare disorder advocates call for more radical change after damning PHARMAC review
2 June 2022 - Radical action is needed urgently to tackle the delays patients face in getting the latest drugs for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2022
Kiwi women plead for PHARMAC funding of a newly approved breakthrough treatment for ovarian cancer
27 May 2022 - Kiwi women living with advanced ovarian cancer can now access a breakthrough new treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2022
Cancer patient stares down the cost of buying time
18 May 2022 - It’s heartbreaking, frustrating, and it blows her mind. ...