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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2023
Act’s productivity perspective on PHARMAC medication and treatments will hurt minorities
11 September 2023 - Act is proposing a “productivity perspective based on real lives” when it comes to delivering PHARMAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2022
Every life is worth the same, but maybe not at PHARMAC
4 September 2022 - One of the dubious consequences of our obsession with race is the collection of data on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2022
PHARMAC joins ACT’s call for a medicines strategy
8 June 2022 - “It appears that everyone wants a dedicated Medicines Strategy apart from Andrew Little, who is too ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2021
Shining a light on PHARMAC
6 December 2021 - It is encouraging to read the country’s drug buying agency PHARMAC is already moving to improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2021
PHARMAC welcomes interim report
2 December 2021 - PHARMAC accepts many of the observations made in the Interim Report and is already making changes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2021
Cystic fibrosis medicine added to PHARMAC's options for investment list
27 October 2021 - PHARMAC has announced that Vertex’s triple combination modulator therapy, known in some countries as Trikafta, has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jul 2021
PHARMAC releases drug wish-list to be more 'transparent' but advocates say it gives false hope
28 July 2021 - PHARMAC has for the first time released a list of all the drugs it wants to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2020
Official complaints
29 June 2020 - PHARMAC responds to all enquiries received from health care professionals and the public on our 0800 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Medicines New Zealand consulting on a new generation medicines policy
26 May 2020 - The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research have produced a discussion paper for Medicines New Zealand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Cancer action 10 year plan should only be a 'start'
3 September 2019 - Paul Ryder considers himself lucky to be alive. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Bad diagnosis: health care system muddled, lacking leadership major report finds
3 September 2019 - The review is being led by former prime minister Helen Clark's chief of staff, Heather Simpson. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Cancer agency a vessel for progress
3 September 2019 - With great power comes great responsibility. But when the Government sets up an agency with great ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Otago academic to head new national cancer strategy
2 September 2019 - The new interim National Director of Cancer Control, University of Otago academic Professor Diana Sarfati, believes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2019
Government cancer plan: ‘strong leadership’, early access to medicines
20 August 2019 - PHARMAC’s model and budget is under intense scrutiny, as the Government prepares to announce its interim ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
A better way to fund medicines?
15 August 2019 - PHARMAC’s recent decision to fund two additional drugs from December this year has been widely welcomed ...