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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 08 Aug 2022
Monkeypox vaccines: here’s how many have been shipped and where as White House declares public health emergency
8 August 2022 - The US Government has shipped more than 602,000 doses of Jynneos monkeypox vaccines—the only shot specifically approved ...
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 06 Aug 2022
Obesity drug supply delay not unusual says Novo Nordisk CEO
4 August 2022 - Novo Nordisk sought to soothe concerns about supplies of its new obesity drug Wegovy (semagutide) on Thursday, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2022
FDA considering dividing Jynneos doses into fifths to increase vaccine supply
5 August 2022 - The Biden administration is considering splitting doses of the smallpox vaccine, which are being used to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2022
Australia secures new third generation monkeypox virus vaccine
4 August 2022 - The Albanese Government has secured 450,000 doses of the new third generation monkeypox virus vaccine by Bavarian ...
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2022
Supply a factor in restricting COVID vaccines for babies and toddlers
3 August 2022 - Most parents of babies and toddlers will not be able to access a COVID vaccine approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2022
Changes to PBS listing of hydromorphone oral solution
1 August 2022 - Changes to the PBS listing of hydromorphone hydrochloride 1 mg/mL oral solution (473 mL) are being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2022
FDA grants import discretion of Bracco's iodinated contrast medium Iomeron (iomeprol) to address supply shortages
27 July 2022 - Bracco Diagnostics today announced that the U.S. FDA granted import discretion of Iomeron (iomeprol) into the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2022
45 medicines affected by supply issues as COVID causes 'unprecedented challenge'
27 July 2022 - In the past month, New Zealand has been hit by medicine supply issues affecting large swathes ...