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PBS minimum stockholding requirements
21 October 2022 - Amendments made by the National Health Amendment Act 2021 give effect to the commitments in the new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2022
Diabetics won’t be made to pay for alternative medicines, PHARMAC says
13 October 2022 - PHARMAC says people with type 2 diabetes won’t be made to pay for alternative medicines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2022
Thousands could be affected by shortage of diabetes drug
12 October 2022 - Thousands of people with type 2 diabetes could be affected by a shortage of the drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2022
Nearly a fifth of Australia’s Covid vaccine stock binned amid warning of fresh wave of cases
11 October 2022 - Dwindling demand for booster shots causes concern immunisation gaps leaving country open to new variants. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2022
Monkeypox vaccine not expected in NZ until December as community spread confirmed
10 October 2022 - New Zealand now has community transmission of monkeypox, but a vaccine to protect those at highest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2022
Free medicines under proposed plan to slash PBS co-payment
8 October 2022 - One of Australia’s leading pharmacy chains wants to offer some medicines for free and others at a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2022
Grifols enters into agreement with Canadian Blood Services to accelerate self-sufficiency in immunoglobulins for Canada
7 September 2022 - The country, with an increasing immunoglobulin usage rate, currently imports about 85% of its immunoglobulin demand for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2022
PHARMAC capable of managing medical devices supply chain, it says
6 September 2022 - PHARMAC says it has saved $100 million since 2014 by doing deals to cut the price ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2022
Review of Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy Program - interim report
5 September 2022 - The Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy review seeks to investigate current processes involved in the production, distribution ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2022
Government secures monkeypox medicine, PHARMAC working on getting vaccines
26 August 2022 - The Government has secured monkeypox medicine which is expected to be available in New Zealand from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2022
Monkeypox vaccines not expected until December
20 August 2022 - Monkeypox vaccines aren't expected to arrive in New Zealand until December, according to PHARMAC. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2022
Canadians seek diabetes medication as replacement for weight loss drug during arrival delays
18 August 2022 - High demand in the United States for a new weight-loss medication has indefinitely delayed its arrival ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2022
Fears for patient safety with hundreds of medicines in short supply
17 August 2022 - Doctors and pharmacists are warning there could be serious consequences for patients if the shortage of hundreds ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2022
New Zealand allowed pharmacists to dispense COVID-19 antivirals and 'everyone realised it was a win'
6 August 2022 - With Australians dying from COVID-19 every day and nearly 5,000 people in hospital with the disease, experts ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2022
Panicked patients as popular medications get wiped from pharmacy shelves
4 August 2022 - Widely used medications — including one used to treat ADHD — are missing from Australian shelves amid ...