Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2021
Medicines New Zealand supportive of Government’s PHARMAC review assuming it is not a box-ticking exercise
2 March 2021 - Medicines New Zealand is supportive of the proposed review into PHARMAC if it is intended to improve the existing system and enhance modern medicines access for patients and the health system.
The industry association believes that this COVID-19 example, which utilised a different approach to valuing health measures to include consideration of broader societal and economic impacts beyond the health system, could serve as a good model for improving New Zealand’s poor modern medicines access standings in the OECD.
