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PHARMAC publishes minutes from February 2023 PTAC meeting
21 June 2023 - The meeting was held on 16-17 February 2023 in person and via Zoom. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2023
PHARMAC breast cancer cost saving proposal welcome but ignores patients facing “dead-end”
8 June 2023 - Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is urging PHARMAC to widen access to an already funded treatment for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2023
Proposal to widen access to intravenous trastuzumab and change the funded brand
8 June 2023 - The proposal would also give more New Zealanders funded access to intravenous trastuzumab. ...
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 29 May 2023
Consultation for various vaccine supply agreements
29 May 2023 - PHARMAC is consulting on potential new supply agreements for multiple vaccines listed in the National Immunisation Schedule. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2023
Helping with health costs: prescription charge scrapped, providing cheaper medicine
18 May 2023 - The Chris Hipkins Government is reducing the cost of health care for New Zealand households by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2023
'Would they run out of Viagra?' PHARMAC slammed for huge shortage of HRT
15 May 2023 - Northland women going through menopause are starting to suffer from a raft of “horrible” symptoms caused ...
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 10 May 2023
Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease 'sharply' rose after PHARMAC downgraded vaccine programme - study
10 May 2023 - A few years after New Zealand downgraded its vaccine programme against pneumococcal disease, cases of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2023
PHARMAC amends funding rules on dispensing of ADHD medicines
1 May 2023 - PHARMAC has announced an amendment to the Pharmaceutical Schedule from 1 June 2023, to align funding rules ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2023
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 May 2023
The May 2023 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
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 20 Apr 2023
PHARMAC announces new Deputy Medical Director Māori
19 April 2023 - PHARMAC has welcomed Dr Kiri Prentice (Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa) to the newly established role ...
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 ...