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PHARMAC says funding Trikafta would take 'almost all' new money
8 June 2022 - PHARMAC's chairman says funding the cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta would swallow nearly all the new money ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2022
Budget 2022: PHARMAC funding boost a 'glimpse of hope' for cystic fibrosis sufferer
25 May 2022 - For the first time in his life, Troy Watson thought he was going to "lose the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2022
Budget 2022: critically ill patients 'bitterly disappointed' by PHARMAC funding
19 May 2022 - Critically ill patients say they're "bitterly disappointed" by today's PHARMAC Budget announcement and were left looking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2021
70 percent of Kiwis want Government to give PHARMAC more money - survey
10 October 2021 - New Zealanders have sent a clear message to the Government to fund medicines better or their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
Treasury wanted Labour to break all health election promises bar one
5 August 2021 - Treasury told the Government to kick its election promises like funding for PHARMAC, cochlear implants, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
Budget 2021: Health boost for PHARMAC and funding for Māori Health Authority
20 May 2021 - Health Minister Andrew Little said it was one of the biggest increases PHARMAC had ever had ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
Boring Budget 2021 reinforces two tier medicines access system in New Zealand
20 May 2021 - Announcement in the budget today of $200 million over the next four years is simply meeting the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
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 02 May 2021
PHARMAC's budget hole hundreds of millions of dollars deep
29 April 2021 - For the first time, the Government's drug-buying agency has released figures about its 'options for investment' ...
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 29 Sep 2020
Labour's promised PHARMAC boost 'not enough'
30 September 2020 - Palmerston North cancer patient Lydia Pei looks likely to have to depend on the community, not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2020
Government throwing billions at COVID-19 but not doubling PHARMAC budget 'makes no sense' - Malcolm Mullholland
17 September 2020 - The PHARMAC model is broken, according to an advocate for increased access to life-saving drugs in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2020
If money is no longer an issue, I have one request - double the PHARMAC budget
16 September 2020 - Long live the year 2020 - said no one ever. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
PHARMAC, COVID-19 health response get slice of $302 million fund
21 July 2020 - Minister of Health Chris Hipkins has announced a financial boost for public health services, setting aside more ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2020
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 ...