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PHARMAC, dental funding crucial in Budget - National Party
18 May 2021 - Thursday's Budget is being promoted as a Covid-19 Recovery Budget. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2021
PHARMAC funding 'affects all New Zealanders'
12 May 2021 - Doubling the funding for drug-buying agency PHARMAC will save lives and allow more people to live ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2021
PHARMAC likely to end blanket funding for kids’ cancer drugs
3 May 2021 - A woman trying to get drugs funded for young spinal muscular atrophy patients was horrified when PHARMAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2021
Major missed opportunity on PHARMAC reform
21 April 2021 - “Pharmaceutical funding was totally absent from today’s health review, and that’s about where it is in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2021
PHARMAC funding to support access equity research
8 April 2021 - PHARMAC Te Pātaka Whaioranga is proud to support Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2021
Grant Robertson says Government focused on PHARMAC solution to cancer treatment
8 April 2021 - A woman who has had cancer says heartbreak has turned to anger at the way she ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2021
Mythbusting PHARMAC
17 March 2021 - The agency is seeking to dispel some misunderstandings about what it does and how it does ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Mar 2021
The PHARMAC compromise
17 March 2021 - One thing everybody involved with the inquest into the deaths of six epilepsy patients can agree on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2020
Diabetes drugs delay shows problem with PHARMAC’s funding model, doctor claims
14 December 2020 - Pharmac’s decision to delay funding approval for two new diabetes drugs has highlighted the shortcomings of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Nov 2020
PHARMAC to fund new haemophilia medicine
11 November 2020 - From 1 December 2020 a new medicine will be funded by PHARMAC which will help some people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2020
Update on proposal to fund two new medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus
5 November 2020 - PHARMAC would like to thank everyone who provided feedback on a proposal to fund two new medicines, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2020
PHARMAC funding resources to focus on medicines access equity
3 November 2020 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the launch of He Ako Hiringa, a clinical education provider with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
Budget is why PHARMAC is letting down New Zealanders, CEO says
22 October 2020 - PHARMAC is struggling to cater to the demand of Kiwis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2020
Prime Minister committed to PHARMAC investigation, but Health Minister at odds
15 October 2020 - On 30 September Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern committed to having an investigation into PHARMAC’s decision-making processes, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2020
PHARMAC confirms their new way of contracting for medicines
7 October 2020 - PHARMAC is standardising the way medicines are contracted, providing better support to health care professionals when ...