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National to roll back free prescription fees to pay for 13 cancer treatments
21 August 2023 - The National Party wants to bring back the $5 prescription fee for those who can afford ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2023
PHARMAC proposes widening access to a brain cancer treatment to help reduce the impact of a discontinuation
11 August 2023 - PHARMAC is proposing to widen access to temozolomide, an oral anti-cancer treatment, for people with a type ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2023
PHARMAC considers access criteria for COVID-19 anti-viral treatments
1 August 2023 - PHARMAC is consulting on changes to the access criteria for all COVID-19 anti-viral treatments to include ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2023
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 August 2023
1 August 2023 - The August 2023 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2023
Shingles can be deadly, so why is the vaccine only free for one year of life?
25 July 2023 - One in three people are at risk of developing shingles in their lifetime and the risk increases ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2023
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2023
1 July 2023 - The July 2023 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2023
PHARMAC confirms funding of rituximab for IgG4 related disease
7 June 2023 - PHARMAC has published a notification for widened access to rituximab (Riximyo) for people with the chronic inflammatory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2023
Mid-life women being let down by PHARMAC, say menopause experts
6 June 2023 - New Zealand women in mid-life are being let down by Pharmac, say two doctors specialising in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 June 2023
1 June 2023 - The June 2023 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2023
Ovarian cancer: Bay of Plenty mother spends more than $130,000 on treatments
12 May 2023 - Four cancer treatments in three years: $132,775. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2023
Time taken for PHARMAC funding decisions ‘too long’, says Medicines NZ
26 April 2023 - It takes the nation's drug-buying agency, PHARMAC, an average of 7.7 years to make funding decisions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2023
PHARMAC funds second treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
11 April 2023 - PHARMAC has announced the funding of risdiplam (Evrysdi) for people with the rare genetic disorder spinal muscular ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2023
PHARMAC shares next steps in reviewing rule 8.1b
5 April 2023 - PHARMAC’s consultation on rule 8.1b of the Pharmaceutical Schedule has now closed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2023
PHARMAC seeking feedback on the COVID-19 anti-viral molnupiravir
4 April 2023 - PHARMAC are consulting on the role of molnupiravir in New Zealand’s portfolio of COVID-19 treatments. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2023
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 April 2023
1 April 2023 The April 2023 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...