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Cancer patients call on Government to fund life-extending medicines
12 September 2020 - Cancer patients are calling on the Government to fund a drug called Cetux. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2020
PHARMAC seeking views on widened access to juvenile idiopathic arthritis medicines
11 September 2020 - PHARMAC is looking at widening access to three funded treatments – adalimumab, etanercept and tocilizumab – to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2020
New diabetes drug funding format is “unethical”
10 September 2020 - An organisation which has campaigned to change the drugs used in New Zealand to treat type ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2020
PHARMAC opens consultation to address New Zealand’s biggest health issue
9 September 2020 - Proposal to list type 2 diabetes medicine Jardiance. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2020
PHARMAC seeking views on new type 2 diabetes medicines
9 September 2020 - PHARMAC is looking at funding two new medicines with substantial health benefits for up to 50,000 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2020
Nurse specialists say plight of severely ill bowel disease patients in NZ is bitterly unfair
8 September 2020 - Senior Clinical Nurse specialists caring for some of New Zealand’s sickest bowel disease patients say the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2020
Hamilton 22 year old given compassionate access to $80k cancer treatment unfunded by PHARMAC
5 September 2020 - The future is a difficult concept for Ryan Grieve, whose terminal cancer diagnosis was hopefully prolonged ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2020
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 September 2020
1 September 2020 - The September 2020 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2020
Petition urges PHARMAC to fund Crohn's and colitis medication
29 August 2020 - Thousands of people are backing a petition to improve the lives of hundreds of New Zealanders with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2020
Over 200 medical professionals launch petition calling for better medication for bowel disease
24 August 2020 - A petition has been launched by over 200 medical professionals calling on PHARMAC to urgently fund ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2020
Decision on schedule changes made in response to COVID-19
21 August 2020 - Earlier this year, PHARMAC amended or removed funding criteria for many pharmaceuticals in order to help ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2020
Election 2020: Māori Party's John Tamihere says diabetes drugs would be funded if Pākehā were suffering
20 August 2020 - Better drugs to control diabetes and avoid complications including heart attacks and kidney failure would be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2020
2020/21 invitation to tender: for suppliers
12 August 2020 - In general, the proposed 2020/21 tender process would be similar to the 2019/20 tender but with one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2020
Proposal for new calcineurin inhibitor listings on the Pharmaceutical Schedule
11 August 2020 - As part of PHARMAC’s Annual Tender process, PHARMAC is proposing to list two new medicines on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2020
Coronavirus: cancer patient's urgent plea for treatment in New Zealand
10 August 2020 - A Christchurch cancer patient is missing out on potentially life-saving treatment due to rising COVID-19 cases ...