Access criteria for new COVID-19 treatment announced

PHARMAC

25 August 2022 - PHARMAC has today confirmed the access criteria for the first preventative medicine for COVID-19, tixagevimab and cilgavimab (Evusheld), for severely immunocomprfomised New Zealanders.

Evusheld is available now in hospitals and will be available in the community from mid-September. “We are taking a phased approach to allow additional time for community implementation to be developed with the sector.”

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