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Kathy Spencer: Pharmac review - what to look for
OPINION: Why the impending release of a review of Pharmac matters so much right now.
OPINION: Why the impending release of a review of Pharmac matters so much right now.
Almost 50 per cent of all current Covid-19 cases in NZ are in Counties Manukau district.
Taupō family fundraising for life-changing cannabis medicine that costs $700 a month.
Ronapreve was used to fight Delta, but its effectiveness against Omicron is unknown.
Essential medications rationed, supplies short, pharmacists cancel maternity leave.
They've been described as "gamechangers" in the fight against Covid-19.
In high risk patients it can reduce the risk of death and hospitalisation by 89 per cent.
It also questions commitments to equity; just four of its nearly 150 staff are Māori.
Dr Jane Thomas to lead Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee from December.
OPINION: Christine Perrins puts the case for Pharmac to fund a life-changing treatment.
Vaccinations, social distancing and mask-wearing are still most important, Little says.
"When you push something as important as this out by months it equates to lives lost."
The Act Party says delays are 'not good enough' for those who have made submissions.
OPINION: Why is a life saved from Covid-19 worth more than one saved from other illnesses?
Opinion: Saying some people are going to die is a failure of both empathy and imagination.
Opinion: 'What we want Pharmac to deliver goes hand-in-hand with its funding level.'
Tauranga couple splitting up family so their daughter can access treatment in Australia.
Agency's future is under scrutiny as it juggles public demands and rising drug prices.
Meanwhile dozens of children are battling the highly contagious winter virus in ICUs.
Drug company to fund miracle drug for those with CF who have exhausted all options.
Diabetes is the country's biggest and fastest-growing health condition.
Pharmac now has more than $1 billion to spend every year, but it's nowhere near enough.
Herald photographer Jason Oxenham on his new normal - which is far from normal.
"I am beyond not happy, devastated, and angry by what Pharmac has received."
NZ's drug buying agency to get an extra $200 million over the next four years.
Inquest found no clear link between the brand switch and the sudden epilepsy deaths.
His comments come after Pharmac is likely to end blanket provision for child cancer drugs.
Funding for drugs to help young cancer patients tipped to cease over "inconsistency".
The number and cost of desired extra medicines has been released for the first time.
Low levels of the vitamin can cause respiratory illnesses.