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13,000 people to benefit from new insulin medicine
11 April 2025 - Pharmac will fund a new type of insulin for people with diabetes, branded as Ryzodeg, from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2025
PHARMAC to fund medicines for blood cancers, inflammatory bowel disease, eczema and arthritis
10 April 2025 - More New Zealanders will have access to medicines for blood cancers, bowel diseases, eczema and arthritis, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2025
PHARMAC funds new oral contraceptive pill
11 March 2025 - PHARMAC has decided to fund a new progestogen only oral contraceptive pill called desogestrel (Cerazette). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2025
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 March 2025
1 March 2025 - The March 2025 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2025
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 February 2025
1 February 2025 - The February 2025 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jan 2025
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 January 2025
1 January 2025 - The January 2025 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2024
PHARMAC funds more cancer and respiratory medicines for New Zealanders
6 December 2024 - More publicly funded medicines are on the way for people with types of breast and lung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2024
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 December 2024
1 December 2024 - The December 2024 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2024
New heart medicine for 18,000 New Zealanders
12 November 2024 - PHARMAC has decided to fund the medicine empagliflozin for thousands of people with a type of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Nov 2024
Newly funded medicine to benefit 110 more people with thyroid, liver, and kidney cancer
8 November 2024 - PHARMAC has decided to fund lenvatinib from 1 December 2024 for people with some types of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2024
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 November 2024
1 November 2024 - The November 2024 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2024
PHARMAC improves access to three cancer medicines
10 October 2024 - PHARMAC will improve access to three cancer medicines from 1 November 2024. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2024
Rollout of new medicines across New Zealand begins
1 October 2024 - Today marks the first day a range of new medicines, including cancer medicines, will start to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2024
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 October 2024
1 October 2024 - The October 2024 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2024
Improved access to medicines for urinary tract infections and Parkinson's disease
24 September 2024 - PHARMAC is widening access to a medicine to treat urinary tract infections and funding a combination ...