Paddy Gower has issues: blind, solo mum desperate for PHARMAC to fund life-changing medicine so she can see her kids

8 November 2023 - We sat in a field of wild daisies. Bright white and yellow against a backdrop of ...

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PHARMAC funds more medicines for New Zealanders

8 December 2022 - PHARMAC has today announced decisions to fund two new medicines and widen access to one other.  ...

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‘Underlying guilt’ turns to delight after PHARMAC decision

30 September 2022 - Lani McLeod has had an underlying feeling of guilt for two years that her boys had ...

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Auckland toddler may be able to dance again after PHARMAC proposes funding drug

29 September 2022 - An Auckland toddler who was losing the ability to walk may be able to dance again, ...

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PHARMAC seeking feedback on nusinersen sodium and adrenaline auto-injectors funding

28 September 2022 - PHARMAC has initiated two consultations today, seeking feedback on the funding of two different medicines that we've ...

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Kiwis call on Government to increase PHARMAC funding to help fund Spinraza treatment

1 March 2022 - A group of Kiwis are calling on the Government to increase PHARMAC funding to provide better ...

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Family says choice is life in Australia or death waiting for PHARMAC

2 August 2021 - A Tauranga couple is splitting up their family so their daughter can access treatment for spinal muscular ...

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PHARMAC asked to fund drug for children with spinal muscular atrophy after it changes four year old's life

5 May 2021 - Four year old Charlotte Bond couldn’t roll over by herself two years ago. ...

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Human Rights Commission grants case against PHARMAC for failing to fund rare muscular disorder drug

16 September 2020 - Newshub can reveal a ground-breaking Human Rights Commission case has been taken against Pharmac for failing ...

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Stranded mum with dying daughter makes desperate plea to Jacinda Ardern

13 September 2020 - A distraught mum stuck in New Zealand with her dying daughter Stella amid the COVID pandemic ...

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Kiwi mum pleads with PHARMAC to fund life-changing drug Spinraza for her two children

11 September 2020 - The mother of two young boys with a rare disease is begging PHARMAC to fund a ...

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Family battles PHARMAC and eyes Australian move to get 'miracle drug'

15 August 2020 - When Lani McLeod found out her toddler would never walk, she was gutted. ...

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Life-changing drug remains unfunded

1 July 2020 - Knowing his body is slowly deteriorating is ‘‘the scariest feeling ever’’. ...

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Teen with spinal muscular atrophy campaigns for wonder drug to survive

15 June 2020 - Taylor Fincham is one of 35 Kiwi children who suffer from spinal muscular atrophy. ...

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Hawke's Bay mum's heartbreak as PHARMAC refuses spinal muscular atrophy drug for her two kids

9 June 2020 - Skylah-Rose Shaw 8 and her brother Zayden Shaw 10 suffer from spinal muscular atrophy a disease that ...

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