PHARMAC

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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Decisions by PHARMAC will see easier access to treatments for people at risk of heart attack or stroke because of raised cholesterol levels.

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PHARMAC and the Asthma Foundation have today launched a new website designed to help people better manage children’s asthma.

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Funding a new drug for people with advanced lung cancer and widening access to two other cancer treatments are features of a new agreement PHARMAC has reached with pharmaceutical company Roche Products (NZ) Ltd.

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Price reductions for antipsychotic medicines will release $24 million of savings over the next five years which PHARMAC can use to fund other medicines, the Government drug funder says.

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The heart drug clopidogrel is to have open access from next month, following a major price reduction negotiated by PHARMAC.

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The PHARMAC Board has appointed five new members to the Government drug funder’s Consumer Advisory Committee.

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People with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are set to benefit from recent decisions by Government drug funder PHARMAC.

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PHARMAC has confirmed people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia will have funded access to donepezil from 1 November.

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Women wanting longer-term contraception will have a new funded option from 1 August, following a decision by Government medicine funder PHARMAC.

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Consistent national access to medicines for patients and more effective use of DHB funding will be the aims of PHARMAC’s involvement in funding hospital medicines and medical devices, Chief Executive Matthew Brougham says.

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PHARMAC will fund a further pain relief treatment option – tramadol 50mg capsules - from 1 June.

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People with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia will have access to a funded medicine for the first time, following a decision by PHARMAC.

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Promoting competition through its purchasing strategies is continuing to provide long-term benefits, according to Government medicine funder PHARMAC.

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PHARMAC is seeking a medical opinion – it wants doctors’ advice on how it can best communicate with clinicians.

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Prescriptions for government funded medicines increased by almost 4 percent last year to 36.3 million, but the rate of that growth is slowing, drug buying agency PHARMAC says.

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An antidepressant that will be funded from 1 November will help meet an unmet need for people with severe depression, says PHARMAC’s medical director Dr Peter Moodie.

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PHARMAC is acknowledging the role health professionals played in implementing medicine brand changes that affected a very large number of New Zealanders during 2008/09.

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Government medicine funder PHARMAC is asking for feedback on options for improving its consumer participation.

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New funded treatments for HIV/AIDS and nausea, and a strengthened osteoporosis treatment have emerged from an agreement between PHARMAC and pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD).

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PHARMAC has completed agreements with two companies for the heart drug metoprolol that will realise $65 million of savings over the next five years.

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PHARMAC is funding a new medication for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia, called dasatinib (Sprycel).

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People with a number of painful and disabling inflammatory conditions will avoid hospital visits for treatment following a funding decision by PHARMAC.

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Government drug funder PHARMAC is welcoming the increase in the pharmaceutical budget, which it says will help ensure people continue to have improving access to medicines.

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PHARMAC is investing in a new medication to help overcome drug resistance for people with hepatitis B.

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Savings on three pharmaceuticals achieved by PHARMAC will free up $27 million for spending on new medicines over the next three years.

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Funding azithromycin for cystic fibrosis is great news for patients and will save the health sector money, says Government drug-funder PHARMAC.

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PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund a new brand of oil in water emulsion cream (healthE Fatty Cream) on the Pharmaceutical Schedule.

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