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Breast cancer sufferers march on Parliament calling on PHARMAC to fund two 'game-changer' drugs
16 October 2018 - Women with breast cancer and their supporters marched to Parliament today calling for PHARMAC to fund ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Proposal to award sole supply and change some anti-retroviral brands
16 October 2018 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to make several changes to funding of anti-retroviral therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2018
Te Awamutu mother fights for cancer drug dollars as clock winds down
15 October 2018 - Hussey wants funding for Ibrance, and will travel to Wellington to help present a petition. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
Cancer patients fight for life-extending drugs: 'everyone deserves a decent chance
15 October 2018 - Krystal Hekau can't afford housing but has been told the drugs to keep her alive will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
New diabetes medicine funded by PHARMAC not what the doctors ordered
15 October 2018 - As of October, PHARMAC is funding a new Type 2 diabetes medicine called vildagliptin. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
Tauranga cancer sufferer Tracy Barr-Smith's fighting for a longer life
13 October 2018 - Barr-Smith has stage four metastatic breast cancer – advanced breast cancer which has spread to other parts ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Funding for eye drug decreases wait times and treatment costs
11 October 2018 - Government funding for an eye disease drug has decreased wait times and the cost of treatment, an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
'Don't write us off': advanced breast cancer patients lobby for access to drugs
11 October 2018 - Nicki Ball, who has advanced breast cancer, has signed a petition calling on Pharmac to fund ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Terminally ill Kiwi mum forced to pay nearly $6,500 a month for unfunded drugs for her lung cancer
10 October 2018 - Karyn Robson and her family are paying $6,000 for her medication but time and funds are running ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2018
Evidence-based approach to funding choices more important than ever
10 October 2018 - Cancer will affect almost all New Zealanders at some point in their lives. Given the range ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2018
Outdated public funding model failing New Zealand patients
9 October 2018 - Publicly funded modern medicines are out of reach for many patients in New Zealand according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2018
Who knows the true cost of medicines?
1 October 2018 - PHARMAC director of operations Lisa Williams says the drug-buying system delivers good value for Kiwis, even though ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2018
The high cost of living for advanced breast cancer patients
6 October 2018 - Donna MacMillan: ''I feel as if the Government doesn't care whether I live or die. That I ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2018
Family pleads with PHARMAC to help save toddler's life by funding cystic fibrosis ‘wonder drug’
8 October 2018 - Sixteen-month-old Otis Porter's parents are pleading for Kalydeco to be funded, to help the toddler live. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2018
PHARMAC must fund breakthrough treatment
1 October 2018 - Cystic Fibrosis NZ and Kalydeco for Kiwis have launched a joint campaign urging PHARMAC to fund ...