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Uptake of medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus
15 June 2021 - Empagliflozin (with and without metformin hydrochloride) has been funded since 1 February 2021. It is funded for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2021
PHARMAC’s decision over diabetes drugs could see up to 140,000 ‘miss out’, doctor says
11 June 2021 - Dr John Baker, the chair of the Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa, says that has to change and highlights ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Stop blaming PHARMAC - we'd be worse off without it
10 June 2021 - Penny Tucker is concerned that there are “miracle drugs and biologics that have transformed many conditions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
Robertson says PHARMAC's bulk buying model is 'different', not 'worse' than other OECD countries
8 June 2021 - The Deputy Prime Minister says the agency’s bulk buying model works for many Kiwis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2021
'We're not just all about the money' — PHARMAC defends why it still won't fund drug for rare children's disorder
3 June 2021 - Under-fire PHARMAC is defending the way it funds New Zealand's drugs, with the agency's director of operations, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2021
PHARMAC works well. Unless you’re sick.
2 June 2021 - Nearly two decades ago, in Washington DC, a group of consultants, lobbyists, lawyers and pharmaceutical industry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2021
PHARMAC petition tabled at Parliament
1 June 2021 - A petition with more than 100,000 signatures has today been tabled at Parliament after being accepted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2021
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 June 2021 update
1 June 2021 - The June 2021 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2021
Apotex medicines in New Zealand
31 May 2021 - Apotex has announced that it is leaving the New Zealand market. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2021
PHARMAC funding will result in health poverty: advocate
30 May 2021 - A Dunedin patient rights campaigner is vowing to fight on in the wake of the Government’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2021
Jacinda Ardern listening to calls for PHARMAC to fund 13 year old's life-changing drugs, but nothing she can do
25 May 2021 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's listening to calls for life-changing drugs to be made more ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2021
PHARMAC publishes record from Feb 2021 PTAC meeting
24 May 2021 - Yet another underwhelming meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2021
PHARMAC to work with others to improve communication
21 May 2021 - PHARMAC accepts the Coroner’s comments that not all information about the brand change reached patients. ...
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 ...