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Cancer action 10 year plan should only be a 'start'
3 September 2019 - Paul Ryder considers himself lucky to be alive. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Northland cancer workers, patients welcome new agency and drug funding
4 September 2019 - Kaitaia woman Donna MacMillan is delighted that a $60 million boost in PHRAMAC's funding might see ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Some positives but also unanswered questions in Government's cancer announcement
2 September 2019 - The Government’s announcement to set up a National Cancer Agency within the Ministry of Health and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Government cancer plan 'not sufficient', warn advocates
2 September 2019 - Cancer patients and treatment advocates are crying out for much more radical change, saying the government's new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Cancer agency a vessel for progress
3 September 2019 - With great power comes great responsibility. But when the Government sets up an agency with great ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Cancer sufferers to benefit from PHARMAC funding boost - Jacinda Ardern
3 September 2019 - The Prime Minister says cancer sufferers will significantly benefit from a funding boost to PHARMAC - ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
RFP - supply of a CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor for the treatment of HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer
1 September 2019 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of a CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor for the treatment of HR-positive, HER2-negative locally ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
$60 million for new cancer drugs is piddly
2 September 2019 - I don't want to sound ungrateful, but was that it? Really? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 September 2019
1 September 2019 - The September 2019 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
Thumbs up from Foundation for cancer announcements
2 September 2019 - Breast Cancer Foundation NZ has given an overall thumbs-up to today’s spate of cancer-related announcements from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
Government announces Cancer Control Agency and $60 million PHARMAC funding boost
1 September 2019 - The Government has today announced it will establish a Cancer Control Agency and fund an extra ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
PHARMAC reveals new cancer drugs on the way, contraception more available
1 September 2019 - PHARMAC has today announced it will fund three new medicines targeting three different cancers. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
Patient Voice Aotearoa calls for PHARMAC reform
28 August 2019 - Patient Voice Aotearoa has launched a petition calling for the Minister of Health to initiate an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
PTAC continues to find new ways to reject new medicines (Part 2)
23 August 2019 - More startling insights from the minutes of the May 2019 PTAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Breast cancer patients in Northland poised for publicly-funded medicines
23 August 2019 - Breast cancer patient Denise Lemmen won't benefit from a proposal to publicly-fund new cancer treatments but ...