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Doctors and patients anxious after pharma giant Apotex quits New Zealand
13 July 2020 - A patient advocate group says a pharmaceutical giant's decision to pull out of the New Zealand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2020
Collaborative consultation on medicines policy closes
10 July 2020 - Over the past few months, Medicines New Zealand ran an online consultation on a discussion paper produced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2020
Proposal to modify PHARMAC’s approach to competitive procurement
10 July 2020 - PHARMAC is proposing to standardise the way that it contracts for pharmaceuticals as a result of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2020
PHARMAC to remove medicine dispensing restrictions
9 July 2020 - Most funded medicines will return to all at once dispensing because PHARMAC is removing most of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2020
A million Kiwis to be impacted by major pharmaceutical company leaving New Zealand
3 July 2020 - More than a million Kiwis may need to change to different medications before the end of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2020
PHARMAC says US can't prevent us accessing medicines
2 July 2020 - PHARMAC is reassuring the country that the United States can't stop us from accessing medications. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2020
Modifying funded access to mifepristone and misoprostol
2 July 2020 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce a decision to: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2020
Funding applications declined
30 June 2020 - Another lame response from PHARMAC. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2020
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2020
1 July 2020 - The July 2020 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2020
Solutions for the future: a new medicines landscape
30 June 2020 - Medicines New Zealand has just released the 2019/2020 edition of its annual publication New Zealand’s Medicines Landscape ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2020
Official complaints
29 June 2020 - PHARMAC responds to all enquiries received from health care professionals and the public on our 0800 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2020
Unfunded drug the final lifeline for 27 year old with bowel cancer
23 June 2020 - Tiana Scott has spent two years living with cancer, and she'd happily do it all again, as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2020
It’s time to put fairness into focus
19 June 2020 - Medicines New Zealand is today launching a digitally-enabled public awareness platform Fairness in Focus. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2020
Calls to review PHARMAC model after more drug shortages
22 June 2020 - There are calls to review PHARMAC's use of sole supply agreements with drug manufacturers in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2020
Delay in decision on modifying funded access to mifepristone and misoprostol proposal
17 June 2020 - PHARMAC would like to advise all interested parties that there will be a delay in the decision ...