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Pharmaceutical Management Agency of New Zealand is part of the New Zealand medicines system and work to improve people's access to medicine, and to promote their optimal use.
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PHARMAC is welcoming the appointment of Dr Sisira Jayathissa to the chairmanship of PTAC, says Medical Director Dr Peter Moodie.
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Funded treatment options for New Zealand’s most common form of cancer will take a step forward in August when PHARMAC begins funding gefitinib (Iressa), a targeted treatment for lung cancer.
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PHARMAC will extend funding to a type of antibiotic that can be used to treat and prevent pertussis (whooping cough) in children under one.
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PHARMAC’s consultation on the proposal to change to a sole supplier of blood glucose testing strips and meters has ended with over 3000 submissions received.
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With less than a week remaining, PHARMAC is keen to hear the public’s views on its proposal to fund insulin pumps.
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PHARMAC is funding two new targeted cancer medicines following an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline.
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A surge in the medicines budget over the past three years, combined with PHARMAC’s savings programmes, has seen PHARMAC investing heavily in new medicines.
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NAPIER — The IronMāori event in Napier on 3 December is serious competition but brings a serious health message too, says PHARMAC’s Māori health manager Marama Parore.
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Papers released by PHARMAC today outline the careful consideration given before funding was approved for the new-generation anticoagulant drug dabigatran (Pradaxa).
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Getting closer to district health boards, on whose behalf PHARMAC aims to spend $777 million this year, took on a new meaning today.
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Cancer treatment has taken another step forward with PHARMAC recently approving wider funding for two cancer treatments.
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PHARMAC is moving to a more permissive and streamlined system for assessing people seeking medicines that aren’t funded on the Pharmaceutical Schedule.
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PHARMAC is funding two new treatments for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.
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A New Zealand preventative health campaign which has significantly improved take-up of cholesterol lowering medication among Maori and Pacific Island males sets the bar for Australia to develop its own initiatives to achieve similar outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
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PHARMAC is welcoming the reappointment of Waikato Hospital physician Dr Graham Mills to the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC).
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PHARMAC is funding an innovative form of anti-blood clotting treatment that will significantly change the way anticoagulation is managed in New Zealand.
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Kiwis could be paying more for pharmaceuticals if the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade negotiations are successful, the Green Party said today.
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PHARMAC is enabling New Zealanders with multiple myeloma (MM) to benefit from early use of a new treatment, bortezomib (Velcade) as well as providing wider access to thalidomide, another treatment used for MM.
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People with epilepsy will have a new funded treatment from 1 May, when PHARMAC begins funding for lacosamide (Vimpat).
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PHARMAC will fund a new treatment for the sleep disorder narcolepsy from 1 May 2011.
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Changes in access rules for funded special foods will see more prescribers able to supply funded special foods to patients.
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PHARMAC is welcoming the appointment of three new members to the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC).
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Learning from past experience will serve PHARMAC well as it takes a greater role in purchasing hospital medicines, says Chief Executive Matthew Brougham.
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Government drug funder PHARMAC will provide wider access to treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), and fund new blood-thinning and antibiotic treatments following an agreement with Bayer New Zealand Limited.
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PHARMAC is adding two further treatments for depression to the Pharmaceutical Schedule from 1 December 2010.
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People with brain tumours are to have greater access to an expensive cancer drug from 1 December.
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Patients with a form of kidney cancer will have a new treatment option as part of a multi-product agreement between PHARMAC and Pfizer.
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A $40 million lift in pharmaceutical spending has led to a significant rise in the number of medicines available to New Zealanders, and the number of people receiving them.
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PHARMAC has launched a new online tool that will give people a look inside PHARMAC’s evaluation of medicine funding applications.
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Two newly funded medicines will help the fight against drug-resistant strains of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a multi-product deal that will also help fight infections in hospitals.
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