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Lamotrigine brand change from today
1 October 2019 - From today there will be one funded brand of lamotrigine - a medicine used to treat ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2019
Cancer medicines need to be part of the plan
1 October 2019 - BCAC is extremely disappointed to read that access to cancer medicines does not appear to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2019
Family's appeal to fund lifesaving US cancer treatment for 6 year old Nora
30 September 2019 - Canterbury parents Elyse and Rohan Guise were told their daughter's cancer was terminal, then their Christchurch ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2019
Radio personality Michael Kooge says he's being 'left to die' as he can't afford cancer treatment
30 September 2019 - An Auckland radio personality suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer says he and many ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2019
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 October 2019
1 October 2019 - The October 2019 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2019
PHARMAC's reduced funding for epilepsy drug raises concerns over driving, seizures
30 September 2019 - PHARMAC will stop funding two brands of a particular epilepsy drug from Tuesday, meaning patients have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2019
Seizures, driving stand-downs as PHARMAC pulls epilepsy drug funding
30 September 2019 - People with epilepsy say their lives are being turned upside down by seizures after the government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2019
Advocates frustrated after PHARMAC stops funding two epilepsy drugs
29 September 2019 - From Tuesday, PHARMAC will stop funding two drugs affecting thousands of people with epilepsy. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2019
PHARMAC poised to fund long-acting contraceptive Mirena
27 September 2019 - It might have cost the equivalent of 20 tubs of baby formula but for new mum ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2019
Kiwi cancer survival rates improving at slower rate than comparable countries, study shows
12 September 2019 - New Zealand is near the bottom for cancer survival compared to six other countries with similar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Anti-depressant medicine brand switch: 'They've been used as guinea pigs'
11 September 2019 - Emotions ran high at the Health Select Committee today, with MPs grilling Medsafe and the Ministry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Decision for funding in the immunosuppressant, cardiovascular and anti-nausea therapeutic areas
11 September 2019 - PHARMAC pleased to announce a decision to approve proposals relating to medicines in the immunosuppressant, cardiovascular ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2019
200 women dead, 100 more may follow in wait for cancer drug decision
7 September 2019 - Mother of two Krystal Hekau never lived to learn PHARMAC was considering funding the life-extending cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2019
PHARMAC funding boost gives hope to many, too late for some
5 September 2019 - This time last year I watched a close relative and his family pour everything they could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Four cancers, 10 years: Thames man launches petition for life-saving drug
5 September 2019 - Steve Wilson's shock of finding out he harboured a mutation that made him more likely to ...