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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 07 Feb 2021
Timaru mother with terminal bowel cancer calling on Government to fund cetuximab
5 February 2020 - A terminally ill woman shelling out more than $12,000 a year for extra time with her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2021
Cystic fibrosis survivor calls for life-saving drug Trikafta to be funded as PHARMAC dangles hope
3 February 2021 - Drug buying agency PHARMAC has revealed it is willing to go directly to the Government for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2021
Cystic fibrosis sufferer Bella Powell hits out at drug company for stalling PHARMAC funding
2 February 2021 - A cystic fibrosis patient is calling out American drug company Vertex, for not achieving PHARMAC funding. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2021
Patient advocate slams cancer agency report over 'wall of silence' on PHARMAC funding
2 February 2021 - The Cancer Control Agency has released its first report into cancer in New Zealand, but one patient ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2021
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 February 2021
1 February 2021 - The February 2021 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2021
From 1 February 2021 pre-COVID-19 Special Authority criteria will be reinstated
12 January 2020 - The temporary changes will remain in place for any Special Authority applications for the relevant medicines made ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2021
Decision to widen access to valganciclovir for transplant patients
12 January 2021 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce a decision to widen access to valganciclovir for use after lung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2021
Crohn's disease and colitis sufferers plead with PHARMAC to fund new drug
5 January 2021 - Sufferers of Crohn's disease and colitis are pleading with PHARMAC to fund a drug that's available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jan 2021
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 January 2021
1 January 2021 - The January 2021 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2020
Kiwis going into debt to pay for drugs other countries fund
21 December 2020 - An internal stoush at the drug-buying agency PHARMAC has blocked funding for a life-extending drug for bowel ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2020
PHARMAC to fund new diabetes medicines with amended Special Authority criteria
21 December 2020 - PHARMAC has approved funding for two new medicines with substantial health benefits for around 53,000 New Zealanders ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2020
Year in review
16 December 2020 - PHARMAC claims it funded 14 new medicines, including six new cancer medicines, and widened access to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2020
Diabetes drugs delay shows problem with PHARMAC’s funding model, doctor claims
14 December 2020 - Pharmac’s decision to delay funding approval for two new diabetes drugs has highlighted the shortcomings of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2020
Proposal to widen access to febuxostat for prevention of tumour lysis syndrome
10 December 2020 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to widen access to febuxostat tablets. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2020
'We're feeling broken': Taranaki father of six dies after battle for cancer drug funding
10 December 2020 - A Taranaki father who fought to get vital cancer drugs funded by the Government has lost his ...