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COVID-19: Health Minister David Clark announces more medicines, vaccines in $160 million PHARMAC budget boost
10 May 2020 - Health Minister David Clark has rejected claims he and other Government ministers have been "gagged", as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
Trump’s 2021 budget request seeks modest funding increase for FDA
10 February 2020 - The Trump administration on Monday unveiled its FY 2021 budget proposal, seeking a 10% reduction in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2019
Patient advocacy group demands doubling of PHARMAC budget to fund life-saving treatments
3 December 2019 - A group of patient advocates are calling for PHARMAC's billion-dollar budget to be doubled so it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2019
Insurers pitch new ways to pay for million dollar therapies
5 September 2019 - Cigna and CVS Health are developing new programs to help employers afford gene therapies that can cost ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Northland cancer workers, patients welcome new agency and drug funding
4 September 2019 - Kaitaia woman Donna MacMillan is delighted that a $60 million boost in PHRAMAC's funding might see ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Some positives but also unanswered questions in Government's cancer announcement
2 September 2019 - The Government’s announcement to set up a National Cancer Agency within the Ministry of Health and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Government cancer plan 'not sufficient', warn advocates
2 September 2019 - Cancer patients and treatment advocates are crying out for much more radical change, saying the government's new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Cancer sufferers to benefit from PHARMAC funding boost - Jacinda Ardern
3 September 2019 - The Prime Minister says cancer sufferers will significantly benefit from a funding boost to PHARMAC - ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2019
Show me the money
21 August 2019 - PBS a huge area of savings compared to other government-administered services including medical and hospital costs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2019
Cancer treatment campaigner urges Government to double PHARMAC's funding
5 August 2019 - A cancer treatment campaigner is calling for the Government to double PHARMAC's funding as his wife ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2019
Health insurance rebate still a pain in the budget
18 July 2019 - The private health insurance sector wants increased rebates to stop the recent decline in membership. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2019
PHARMAC fails to score major funding boost in NZ budget
30 May 2019 - Major new funding for mental health but not for medicines; face of Wellbeing budget has given ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2019
Cancer sufferers deliver eight PHARMAC funding petitions to Parliament
7 May 2019 - People desperately seeking cancer treatment which could extend their lives by years have called on politicians to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2019
Medicines Matter – Government confirms commitment to uncapped PBS
3 April 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s announcement of $331 million for the listings of innovative medicines on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2019
Record investment advances long term national health plan
2 April 2019 - The Liberal National Government is investing a record $104 billion in 2019–20, up from $75 billion in ...