The cost of new "generic" versions of Herceptin and other such pharmaceuticals looks likely to become a casualty of the TPP agreement, writes George Laking.

Kiwi babies look likely to get free vaccinations against chickenpox and rotavirus later this year - up to six years after Australia.

Andrea Murphey is an attractive, youthful 52-year-old who says her life has been saved by an expensive "miracle" drug.

Andrea Murphy says her life has been saved from a killer blood disease by an expensive "miracle" drug and is pleading for Pharmac to approve state funding of it.

Leaked proposed provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement could affect our ability to treat chronic diseases, writes Briar Mannering.

It is not a binary question - will Pharmac survive or not? - but rather how might the rules it operates under change, writes Brian Fallow.

Labour's Phil Goff says the US doesn't have the negotiating strength to impose its will on NZ and weakening Pharmac is something only big pharmaceutical companies want.

Government drug-buying agency Pharmac is to fund another drug to treat New Zealanders suffering from narcolepsy.