Pharmac has re-ranked Trikafta on its Options for Investment list after updated advice.

Glucose monitors would be life-changing for all with diabetes.

Low doses of the life-saving antidote Naloxone are a worry, says NZ Drug Foundation.

HIV prevention group happy but campaigner says work needed on cancer, rare illnesses.

People with rare disorders facing excessive suffering under Pharmac model, review finds.

Ill patients say lack of Budget funding for new drugs means some of them will die sooner.

There are 18 cancer treatments publicly funded in Australia that aren't available here.

Almost 50 per cent of all current Covid-19 cases in NZ are in Counties Manukau district.

Ronapreve was used to fight Delta, but its effectiveness against Omicron is unknown.

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.

Wiki Mulholland's cancer diagnosis inspired a movement. She has died today.

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.