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Trikafta manufacturer to fast track application to have 'miracle' cystic fibrosis drug funded in New Zealand
4 August 2020 - The miracle drug Trikafta is a step closer for New Zealanders living with cystic fibrosis, after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2020
PHARMAC considering a new way of contracting for medicines
4 August 2020 - Consultation has gone out today to health professionals and is available on PHARMAC’s website for anyone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Aug 2020
Access for Aotearoa - campaigning for access to modern medications for Kiwis with cystic fibrosis
3 August 2020 - It took eight years for New Zealanders living with CF to access the first of four ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2020
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 August 2020
1 August 2020 - The August 2020 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2020
Lockdown in Melbourne prevents Invercargill woman from receiving cancer treatment
30 July 2020 - Melbourne’s lockdown is preventing an Invercargill woman from travelling there for cancer treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2020
PHARMAC removes dispensing restrictions' - now distributing three months' supply
30 July 2020 - The majority of the temporary dispensing restrictions placed upon Government-funded medicine will be removed on Saturday. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2020
Proposal to fund an additional brand of budesonide with eformoterol
30 July 2020 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund an additional brand (DuoResp Spiromax) of two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2020
Paracetamol: supply issue
28 July 2020 - API Consumer Brands has advised PHARMAC that they continue to have a supply issue for Pharmacare paracetamol ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jul 2020
PHARMAC report: should rich people get subsidised medicine?
29 July 2020 - Should wealthy New Zealanders have access to subsidised medicines when they could be investing in better ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2020
Mother of teen with cystic fibrosis pleads for PHARMAC to fund new medication
26 July 2020 - Seventeen-year-old Rotorua teenager Osiris Daniels has been living in isolation his entire life, a necessary requirement ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
PHARMAC, COVID-19 health response get slice of $302 million fund
21 July 2020 - Minister of Health Chris Hipkins has announced a financial boost for public health services, setting aside more ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2020
Grieving families lobby Parliament to reverse epilepsy drug brand switch
21 July 2020 - It has been more than nine months since PHARMAC switched to funding epilepsy drug Logem – a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2020
Paracetamol 500 mg tablets in short supply at pharmacies
17 July 2020 - PHARMAC has today updated health care professionals that paracetamol 500 mg tablets for dispensing in pharmacies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2020
'Life-changing' drug not accessible for New Zealanders living with cystic fibrosis
17 July 2020 - For Chantelle de Kort, her biggest hope for the future is that she will get to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
Proposed changes to PHARMAC model could ease brand switch issues
14 July 2020 - The way New Zealand secures its medicines could be changing, as the Government’s drug buying agency ...